The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1892-02-19
Alliance Institute.

The alliance institute which was held
last Friday and Saturday was not very
largely attended, which WAS probably
partly due to the untayorable weather.
The principal speaker WAS Il. w. Haire
Of Aberdeen, who on Friday delivered
one OF the fiery harangues for which he
has become celebrated. attacking laws,
lawmakers, capitalists and almost every
thing else existing under the present
order OF things, with vehemency and
bitterness that would have warmed the
heart Of Chicago anarchist as quickly
and completely as an Grafton from Lucy
Parsons or Herr Most He tackled the
bond issues ot the war, designated the
bond -hol,lers and capitalists generally as
thieves, robbers and oppressors. and
wound up by predicting the cyclone that
is to sweep them away forever. The
whole speech was in the line OF the usual
calamity shrek. which il weeded of mis-
statements, would have left it utterly
toundat,onless. The chairman stated
that an opportunity would be given 70
any present who desired 10 take excep-
tions 10 any OF the assertions advanced
by the speaker. and accordingly Mr. N.
l. LoWlhian, a farmer of Merose town
ship. stated that he took exceptions to
| Mr.. Haire's characterlZing the issue OF
bonds for The prosecution OF the war a
| fraud and robbery, and at the meeting
Saturday morning, Mr.. L. proceeded to
puncture ilaire's assertions on the bond
question until there was nothing left TO
riddle. He gave the history OF the diff
ferent issues OF paper money back into
Colonial times down to the war issue,
| showing the disastrous effects which
| followed the oyer-ssue OF currency. lie
showed the necessity Of the government
| to issue bonds to secure gold to buy the
munitions OF war and even clothing for
the soldiers, as Europe demanded gold
| for these things and the demand had 10
be met. It was simply a question OF
whether The war for the Uni Oh should
| be prosecuted or the seeding states al
| lowed to establish their contederacy.
Mr.. Lowthlan was loaded with facts and
figures from official documents to prove
every assertion he made, and whom he
referred to the dictionary for proper
construction Of the language OF the con-
stituton. Mr. Haire admitted that II this
was done Mr. Lowthian'5 case would be
established. The straits in which tae
government was placed for want OF
money was very clearly shown by the
fact that ii was obliged to issue $50 and
500 bonds for the payment of the sol
diers during the war, the bonds, both
interest and principle, payable in gold.
Mr.. Lowthian received many congrat-
ulatlons for his able presentation Of the
facts. not only from those who agreed
with him politically, but from his oppon-
ents. and it was noticeable fact that
after his address, Mr.. Haire in his reply
did not indulge in the lntemperate use
of language that characterized his efforts
the day previous. There was very
perceptiole change from the wholesale
denunciatlon Of lawmakers as thieves
eboodlers, '.miserable scoundrels,' etc,
and the address was IN the main, tenn
perate, but failed TO rebut the facts and
figures produced by Mr.. Lowthian. 1t
was quite novel spectacle to see prac-
tical farmer. who makes his living y
his industry. combating the theories OF
one Of these "friends" Of labor, who
probably never performed days man
ual labor in his life