St. Paul daily globe., 1892-09-11
ADLAPS BUSY DAY.
Gen. Stevenson Makes Three
Speeches in the Hoosier
State.
a Prominent Republican,
Lately Converted, Presides
at Greencastle.
at Each Of the Three Places
He Is Greeted by Huge
Crowds.
Whitelaw Reid Opened the
Ohio CAMPAIGN Tor the
McKaleyites.

& TERRE HAUTE, Ind. Sept. 10.-Thls
IS the last day of Gen. Stevenson's pill
grimage through Central and Southern
Indiana. lie made two speeches on his
way down here from Brazil, where he
lectured last evening, and wound up
his campaign in Hoosierdom with
thru exposition of Democratic doe
trine in this city this evening.
The first place iii which lie spoke was
Greencastle, which he reached before
8 O'Clock in the morning. He was met
at the place by ex-Congressman atson
and delegation of young men. he was
taken to Court House square, where he
addressed about $500 people. HOn. r.
+. Williamson, who for years was a
prominent Republican III the politics of
the state. but who was converted to the
cause Of Democracy and tariff reform,
presided over the meeting.
Gen. StevenSon'S speech consisted of
brief discussion of the condition of
the national treasury, of the tariff ques-
tiOn and of the force bill from the Demo
cratic standpoint. In his opening re-
marks he assured his auditors that the
state of Illinois IN the coming election
would be found in line with the HoOsier
state in
The Democratic Column
Other speakers addressed the meet
Ing besides Gen. Stevenson, but the
vice presidential candidate left immedi-
atlely after he had finished for Bloom
ingtOn on special car attached to the
frai a lah NV
Col. MatSon and more of his
familiaIs, Mr.. Drew. Mr.. Lock
ridge and venerable Gen. NJ. B.
Matson, formerly secretary of state of
Indiana. At GIeencaStle, Cioyerdale,
Quincy. GospOrt, and other stations
along the route, people were gathered
at the stations, and wherever stop
was made, Gen. Stevenson showed him
self on the car platform and shook hands
with them. AT Elettville reception
committee from Bloomington boarded
the special car II was about half-past
] when the vice-presidential candidate
reached the h0osler nameSake of his
Illinois home. A crowd numbering
1000 or more was at the station to greet
him, and cheered him as he left the
car.
Greeted with Enthusiasm.
After dinner Gen. Stevenson was es-
cOrted to the court house square, where
q crowd numbering 4.500 bad gathered,
including not only residents of the
town, but hundreds who had come in
over the railroad and from the farming
districts of the country. There
was good sized delegation from
Brown county. Judge Mclver in
trOduced Gen. Stevenson. A cheer
went UP, and MIR. Stevenson began to
talk. The crowd, in its eagerness to
hear the message he had to deliver,
into the band wagon, and the talk was
interrupted. -But order was at last re-
stored and Gen. Stevenson, after getting
a fresh start. spoke OH the. principles of,
the Democracy at more than usual vim
and earnestneSS. In the course of his
remarks he said:
'Over in Brazil, Just before the last
presidential election, the workingmen
were told if they voted for the Republi-
can party they could go to work every
day with their dinner pals filled with
bread and meat, and an abundance of
all good Things. Some of them voted
with the Republican party, and that
party gave them the Mckinley bill, and
now they have
No More Bread and Meat
IHdn DeluIe, nuI Tue RepuDllcanS nave
gone to work and put tariff OH their
dinner pals"
The speaker took up the 25 per cent
Mckinley tariff on wheat and other
cereals, telling the farmers that it
afforded them no protection. as they
had to sell in the markets of the world,
where prices are regulated by ship
mentS, while they are forced to buy
necessities at prices raised by the pro-
tectiye tariff.
Gen. Stevenson was listened to with
close attention by his great out-of-door
audience. When he finished he was
driven directly TO the train which
brought him TO Terre Haute. There
was a meeting tonight at the wIgwam,
erected by the Democrats and Repub-
licans of the city jointly for campaign
uses. The structure seats 1000 people,
but at least 5000 were squeezed into il
and there was a good-siZed crowd out
side. Gen. Stevenson was escorted to
this meeting place by a squad of torch
bearers, POO employees of the Sandford
Fork and Tool works and a band.
n.StevenSon discussed the tariff and
the force bill. Other speakers were
Col. W. Mclean and Judge c. F. Nc
Mutt. Senator Voorhees, occupied
seat on the platform, bat did not speak.
Zen. Stevenson left on the train for
home Immediately after the meeting
broke up.