St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-09-16
SPOKE FOURTEEN HOURS.

The Great Speech Delivered by
Senator Faulkner on the Force
Bill.
Senator Charles Faulkner, of West
Virginia, resides at Martinsburgh, in
that state. and is distinguished son of
a most distinguished sire. His father
was minister to France during the ad-
ministration of President Buchanan,
and it was there that the present SEN
ator received part of his education.
Although but boy of fifteen when the
war broke out, he followed the
promptly entered the service of the
South. He was first an aide Oh the
staff of Gen. j. c. Breckenridge and
afterward OH that of Gen. Henry A.
Wise, surrendering with the latter at
AppomattoX. He studied law with his
father after the close of the war, and
upon his admission to the bar rapidly
rose in his profession, being elected in
1880 Judge of the Thirteenth Judicial
circuit of West Virginia. In the fight
that ended in the defeat of Senator j.
N. Camden he was elected to the
United States senate, and took his seat
Oh March 4. 1887. He is an able lawyer.
a careful and courageous leader, and to
his efforts is largely due the defeat of
the force bill at the last session of con-
greSs.
In speaking of this tip West, Senator
Faulkner began by declaring that st.
Paul and Washington are the two most
beautiful cities in the United States.
1T would be hard for me to make up my
mind, d" he said, laughinglv, las TO which is
the handsomer. The streets of st. Paul are
so clean-looking, and the residences and
buildings so handsome, that they impressed
me greatly"
The chief topic of discussion on this
trip. the senator declared, will be the
effect of the Mckinley law. Its injury
to the farmers and people generally, and
to certain classes Of manufactures, will
be demonstrated. Passing ON to a dis
cusSion of the tariff question, he said:
with me ii is not question of free trade
in its technical sense. but of freer trade
among the nations of the world. Realizing
as do that the policies of both parties re-
Quire larger portion of our federal revenues
10 be raised from duties on imports But the
Republican party in 1883 for the first
time asserted the right to tax the people
not for revenue or with view of securing it.
but in the interest alone of Il small class of
the community engaged i'll manufacturing
industries. The principle of the Mckinley
bill rests upon the exclusion of foreign in
dustries and segregation of the commercial
interests of this country from that of other
nations. What will the farmers do this year
If they are limited in the sales of their surplus
products TO the home market? Where would
they fnd purchasers for 500, 009. 900 of sur
plus products. This best illustrates the ne
cessity of commercial intercourse between
nations. and the doctrine that we should buy
from others what we need by exchanging the
products of our own land. On this great
question which affects the interests of every
citizen the Democratic party is absolutely
united, and is gaining assistance for the in
terests of the great mass of people daily. The
fight should be pushed vigorously"
In the senate fight over the force bill
Senator Faulkner made a speech four
teen hours in length, being the first of a
proposed series of speeches that were to
delay and defeat the passage of the OBJ
noxious measure. Besides rendering
such effective service on the floor
during the great contest as to place
him, although only in his first
term, among the prominent and lead
ing members of the senate, Senator
Faulkner was the party whip, and not
only kept track of the Democratic SEN
ators, but had them present when
needed. The prominent part he played
renders his views upon the subject of
interest.
II am surprised that more attention has