Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-19
BLAIR BILL
Senator Faulkner Indicates His
Position on the Question.
Why He WILL VOTE AGAINST 1T.
It Tau@suIs the Constitutions. Powers Of
Congress.
ITS EFFECTS In WEST VIRGINIA.
The State Would De Compelled to Pay Twice
The Amount Receivei-A Check to
the Development Of Our
Free Schools.
WHY He WILL VOTE AGAINST IT..
ITS EFFECTS IN WEST VIRGINIA
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'@IEN representative called o" senator
fau'Nner to-day. IN the course "i con
'erS'i'on the question was asked.
Mr. Faulkner, II you have no objection,
] would like to know your position npon
the Blair Educational Bill, and the r,asuns
which would influence your action, that il
may be given to the people OF West NIr-
ginn through the columns OF the REQ
l~TEE
My position upon the Blair Bill is one
r4~ilv defined was the reply. Il shall
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''uNe Nho" '' IL" provision oil the e"ei"l
Constitution which would Justify me IN
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V,"plr OF my state and be- prDudIcml
I, the uralthv and vigorous Growth
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state
"D1 YOU think the people OF West Nir-
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s'"u" the provisions oI 'N"l DILL IL up
PTopT'a'eS' "'th'" e'EAt years the sum
OF ,s,yoo 600 from the Federal Treasury,
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given m tue tree schools, and generously
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to 90 into the States and assume JurIrd'r-
ton over their icee school systems, ana st~
cunse4 oi tins promise, draws
the legitimate CONCLUSION from
Il that the Government may
contro. the system .'s 3. majority oil '"1
Federal congress may uee.h I'd OG TOT tue
general welfare "' tnr "Io't P'"P''.
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admit ia jurisdiction over the subject;
and when Won Cnrr alm!t its jurisdiction
..,,, .,t the same time. byllrtup of In. pro-
yfsinn4 Of the Federal Constitution admit
,bqt Ifs u3wrr ia supreme and that the
-. LII IN control and manage one
NJ ~ fsott important and essential domes-
a.. ,rtrr,.ts il subordinate to it, These
,Iyaur-I ideas OF the power
M th, Federal Government 20 far beyond
a,y which have heretofore been suggested,
even hy the leaders OF the Republican
r.rts and i'm my Judgment. when the
snt,. IS taken ( doubt whether Mr. Blair
will h,. sustained by the conservative lead
rrs OF that party. The discussion OF this
bill has caused the people to examine and
rritiri,c it's provisions more closely than
| they dtd at fr.t. and there has clearly been
| "a reaction lu public sentiment against the
recognition OF the constitutional construc-
| ton ON which II must necessarily rest.
ann satisfied that the minority vote ON the
passage o' the bill in the Senate will be
much larger than at any previous session.
TuU'HIN" WEST VIRGINIA.
"But again. looking at it solely as a
matter of dollars and cents, 80 tar az 1t al-
,rct- the State of West Virginia. il would
not hn In the interest of my people. The
amount that would be- received under this
bill, or the period ui eight years. i'm the
State ot West Virginia would be Sl.OI-.-
-yG.a3"
"Nnw. " >arI Mr. Faulkner let us see
how and what she worId nav Two.thlrds
OF the amount she would nay would he
collected from custom duties, the other
third hy internal taxation II has been
estimated by the hest sta,isticiaus that for
every dollar collected on imports three
/ dollars are u3ld 10 the manufacturer of the
articles consumed n the caleulatiou is
true orr p .,pIa wourd nav into the Treas
ury rr the I-pited States. during the eight
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