Though they were not the ones stirring up trouble for Paul and the other Christians, the Jews finally got involved.  We are told they drew out  Alexander from the multitude, the Jews putting him forth.  He beckoned them with his hand and was going to make his defence.  Remember, there was a lot of confusion and the people were trying to figure out why they were there.  In the midst of confusion and uproar today, someone may be put forth to give an answer as to what is going on, but they may find that when people realize who they are and what they represent they no longer are willing to listen.  This is what happened when the crowd realized Alexander was a Jew.  Whatever Alexander was going to say, most likely against Paul, the worshippers of Diana knew the Jews opposed all idolatry, so they didn't give him a chance to talk.  For two hours, we are told in Acts 19:34, they cried out, "Great is Diana of the Ephesians."  Even when people are unified in their opposition to Christianity, they do not always listen to each other's religious beliefs.  Then a town clerk appeased the people. In Acts 19:35,  he said, "Ye men of Ephesus, what man is there that knoweth not that the city of Ephesus is a worshipper of the great goddess Diana, and of the image which fell down from Jupiter?"  Since his claim was the image fell from heaven, it was not made by man.  When we hear of religion based on books or images or anything else that fell from heaven, we can be sure it is false.  The clerk told them that since these things could not be spoken against, they shouldn't do anything rash.  They had nothing to accuse Gaius and Aristarcus of.  They had not robbed churches or blasphemed Diana.  He told them that if Demetrius and the craftsmen had a problem, let them take it up with the courts.  He also said if they had any other complaints, it would be settled in lawful assembly, or they could find themselves answering for the uproar, then he dismissed the assembly.  The people may have been proclaiming the greatness of Diana, but they were more concerned with the power of the government.  As Christians, we must always put what God teaches above what the government teaches if there is a conflict with the two.