The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1896-10-02
ROUSING LECTURE
An Immense Crowd Hears Col, Balm De-
liver a Fine Lecture on COnStitu-
tional Prohibition.
Mr.. and Mrs. Duane are Very Kindly Re-
membered by Friends on Their
Fiftieth Anniversary.
BROKE INTO A STORE,
S. h. SCallin'S Drug Store Was Burglar
lied in Broad Daylight Sunday
NOon--A Little Money Taken.
BROKE INTO A STORE
WAS A MASTERLY EFFORT.

The Temperance People and Others Lis
ten to a Grand Speech by Col. s"in.
What an immense concnurse Of peo-
pie turned out to he..r Col. Geo. w.
Balm Of Kentucky speak Sunday even
ing. Long before the hour for the ex-
ercises to begin the corn palace was
crowded and the people kept coming.
1t was magnificent audience and the
largest witch the speaker has address
ed in this state, and it seemed to in
spri~e him to grander effort.
l',evious to the lecture union meet
ing of the Christian Endeayor and Ep-
worth League societies of the city held
a service in the palace which was led
by A. G.. Shepherd and by the time
the exercises were over there was
not a vacant seat in the building while
many remained standing during the
evening.
The meeting was opened with devo-
tional exercises, conducted by j. S.
Daniels, who led the singing and Rev.
L. Bradford, who led in prayer. The
speaker was introduced by Rev. G.
W. Mcconnell of the Baptist church.
Col. Balm has been carrying on pretty
severe campaign in this state, speaking
night and day and consequently his
voice was not in the best condition. He
spoke at Woonsocket the evening be-
fore and drove to Mitchell the next
morning and made a short address at
the university in the afternoon.
Col. Balm selected for his theme
'Our Nations Sin," and at once went
into his subject with an earnestness
which made his audience enthusiastic
and his brilliant passages and good IL
Illustrations were punctured with ap-
plause at different times. Col. Balm
said that he found the nation was very
much in the same condition US the peo-
pie, it was SHINING so much that it had
lost consciousness on the subject and
become dull and unheedful. He did
not ascribe the unsettled condition of
country any governmental policy and did
not believe the gold or silver standard
had as much to do with it as the very
people themselves, for the reason that
mainly their extravaganza has led
them into this condition aud was more
responsible for it than all other agen-
cies combined. AS to the causes of the
panic he said some person declared it
was too much tariff and too much silver,
but Col. Balm had two propositions OF
his own which he considered was
equally responsible. The first was the
unreasonable prices which people paid
for things, illustrating the fabulous
prices paid for horses, the same fo1
real estate, etc., all of which was done
in time of plenty. The second was
the drink habit indulged in to SO grea
an extent that all the silver, of which
we have heard 80 much about recently
which has been coined up to the pres
ent time would cot pay the nation'
drink bill for one year, and the amoun
of both gold and silver coined would
not pay the bill for period IS months
Three years ago, Col. Balm said tn
people of the United States paid 90
millions for food and dring and during
the same year they paid 1850 million
for liquor and tobacco. In 1895 fiv
millions was given to missions, 125 mil
lions to support churches, and 1865 mil
lions for the maintenance of schools
During the same period 1900 million
: was expended for Intoxicating liquors
AS solution for this prevailing pani
Col. Balm put the situation in this mar
ner: on one side are all the goods of tn!
country stored in buildings awaitin
purchasers and on the other are tn
people with their money, but what pr
vents the people from going to tt
stores and buying the goods? VIII.
right down between these two force
is street filled with saloons whic
= stops four millions in money every ds
from being expended for the necessiti
OF life. Think Of it! Over "a million
per week would go to make the hon
happier and provide the necessaries
life to those who have gone withou
n Blot out that street of saloons and Il