The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-09-18
s1KvKNsoNs TRIP IN the soU1H.
Ar Enthusiastic Meeting In Charlotte and
an Aadress on the Force BNl.

CHARLOTTE. n. c.. Sept. 1.-THE special train
on which Adlai T. Stevenson is making his
cam paign through North Carolina arrived here
about TX o'clock this morning. Mr.. Steven
son received an enthusiastic reception. and
the city filled up rapidly during the forenoon
with people from the neighboring villages and
farms. Mr.. Stevenson and the party accom-.
panying him were met at the depot by n re-
ception committee and escorted to the Buford
Hotel by tho two local military companies.
headed by a brass band. As the procession
passed UP tho street from the depot a salute OF
min guns was fred by the military re-
serve corps stationed in the public square.
Later in the forenoon there was n parade OF
campaign clubs. including organizations from
Pineville. Providence. Crab Orchard. Devices.
Long Creek. and other outlying towns. Mr..
Stevenson. who was in line in a carriage. was
repeatedly cheerci. The parade ended at the
Auditorium. where Gen. Stevenson addressed
a meeting of between 5000 and 5000 persons
His remarks were largely devoted to q dis
cussion OF tho Force bill. He very earnestly
declared that 1t was tho intention OF
the Republican party to pass the Force
bill upon tho first opportunity: that the
bill. though general in its character.
was aimed Mt the South. and meant to the
misgovernm ent. and tyranny that character
lied the carpet bag era. At the close of tho
meeting, Mr.; Stevenson was escorted back to
the hotel. During tho forenoon Mrs. Steven:
son. who is tho guest of Mrs. j. W. Clarke. held
n recention in the hotel. and many of tho ladies
In speaking oithe evils OF carpet-bag rule rs
an Indication Of the results Of a Forcc bill. Mr..
stevenson had this to shy Of North Carolina; );
State Of North Carolina. Under the Recon
struction act the Republican PARTY, carret.bng
In 1863. from tho mountains TO the sea, the
old North state was in the clutches ., Il.
f fsHisiaturc. b p"E' m:s tss na ni w sHSsi0H we're St fs9
s EtHa,a's to Ph '% amount Of, sa5i.iSo'%So we're re
D Dot %sarre ct in saving that ,si!.o6".ioo5
81 Dp re ros q e Wns sssi,i fs'lyYS ssi / I tsi g gSu a h %ils
you forgotten. that you had taken in the state
S of NErth ., G sa54 mo F I@r r." pn nInss IF !? educ duo
caroliina} Yet this Legislature. for tho pnr.
pose Of paving is " expenses ordered these
Gqsas SS!q Tor s in,S Te' Every ". dollar & which
went int? their pockets. and your treasury
Your school fund was swept out of existence
by the N men WIZ were sw2 was to s0 protect ny TIT the ann IN.
nont man Of the times. til" earI",.bair r"Ebsrs
reached their long. felonious fingers down
into tho pockets Of p~osterity and snatghed the
Inheritance from the unborn babe. viii some
one kindly tell me first when 1t was that me
Third party anne to the rescue of the old
/ North Stntep iArplause.l
Can you forget. grayheaded mon. how the
Democrats Of the State. under the glorious
lead OF .'Xeb' Vance lapplnusei and other illus;
trious leaders. whom ] see before me- and
around me. made this old state rise from the
mountain to the sea. and rescued your State
from the hands of the men who had plundered
you? 1t was the Democratic party.
TO those whose affiliations have been with
us, | beg you. | imploro you to recall the mem-
cries of the past. Look back over the history
Of your State under carpet-bng rule. and then
| determine whether your interests and the in
terests of your hearthstones are safer in the
hands of your enemies than in your own
hands"
MIR. Stevenson left this afternoon for States.
| Vile and Winston. lie will remain at the lat
ter place over Sunday and Monday.