The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-10-28
He DOES NOT DENY IT.
Senator Faulkner Talks Consider
ably over two Hours,
CHEWING AT The OLD CHESTNU7S
On "the RoDber Tariff" and "do Fo'cO
BILL" but Never Once Denies that
he Made Bargain with Lindsey to
Entrap Republicans, and then did
not Keep Faith with Lindsey.


lame OF tho speaker of the evening,
Senator Charles j. Faulkner, would
lead people to expect.
Previous to the meeting, which was
held in the Opera House, the Faulkner
and other clubs paraded the streets,
and shortly after eight o'clock escorted
Senator Faulkner from his hotel to the
place of meeting.
County Committeeman L. II. Kinche-
loc named as chairman of the meeting
Hon. Joseph Woods, who in few well
chosen words introduced the speaker of
the evening, West Yirginia's junior
senator, Charles James Faulkner, OF
Martinsburg. Mr.. Faulkner began by
congratulating the Democracy Of Ohio
county or the magnificent outponring
to hear him. The gentleman has surely
not had many large audiences during
the present campaign, as both in the
pGrquette and gallery were many I'M
in the audience the speaker told them
TO tell their brothers and sweethcats to
vote the Democratic ticket, when il
that party was successful, they could
buy two bonneta and two dresses for
Just what ono bonnet and one dress
cost now. He did not state, however,
that in the event OF Democratic success,
the brothers and sweethearts would not
be able TO buy at any price. This en-
tire talk on the tariff was mass OF mis-
representation which could be seen by
any intelligent person at glance.
The speaker dweIt with emphasis
on the commercial status OF tho coun-
try to-day comparable what it was thir-
ty years ago, when what the senator
called "the good old Democratic days"
were rampant, evidently forgetting that
tho exports of the country last year,
under the Mckinley Law, for the first
time were over billion dollars, and
the balance OF trade in favor OF this
country, over two hundred million dol
lars.
Speaking OF wages, the senator, un-
like Commissioner Peck, OF New York,
did not know OF man whose wages
had been raised since the high tariff
law went into effect.
The most preposterous statement Of
the whole speech was the statement
that Ohio county has not been bene-
fitted by the high tariff legislation Of
the Republican party. This statement
was 80 flimsy that ripple OF derisive
laughter passed over the house.
Senator Faulkner has evidently not
had any experience with clothing made
in America, from American wool and
by Americans, as he made tho unquali-
fled statement that American clothing
was made up mostly OF shoddy. The
senator OF course knows that the I'M
told majority Of the people Of West Vir-
ginia wear clothes of domestic manu-
facture, and are satisfied with them.
Mr.. Faulkner surprised his Wheeling
friends by his development into COM
edian, telling number oil stories, among
them the Italian acorn and Bible stories,
which, if they lacked connection with
the argument on the tariff, yet amused
the audience.
1t would be an unheard thing for
Democratic speaker to fail to allude to
the so called "FO'ce Bill. The speaker
resurrected it from its twenty months
old grave, where it was put by Re-
publican senate, and exhibited it to
the gaze OF the delighted audience.
Knowing that they cannot carry the
state on the tariff and money issue, the
Democracy attempt to stir up the pas
sions and prejudices of the people by
raking up this dead and buried issue.
Mr.. Faulkner then stated that he had
but one other matter to allude to which
was the article that appeared in Mon
days ISrELLtGENcER charging him with
having hired D. McD. Lindsey to an
trap West Virginia Republicans into u
supposed legitimate scheme to find
homes in the state for southern negroes.
He claimed that tho article was but a
scheme to divert attention from the
colonization which he said is now going
on in sections OF the state. In Kanawha
county he stated that 800 or 400 strange
negroes had been listed by the Repub-
lican assessors after the time for
doing that work had expired, Re-
publicans are using money to de-
bauch the voters of the little
Mountain State, and this publication OF
the INTELLtGENcER is but to divert at
tention, said the senator. He read and
quoted extracts from letters attempting
to show that ex.Congressmen Atkinson
and Smith and others were interested
in the scheme before hemet or heard of
Lindsey. He did not, however, deny
that he had furnished Lindsey with
money, as chaoged in the INTELLIGEN-
GER, or that he had broken faith with
the man,
He said the leaders OF the Republican
party in this state were IN combination
with tho Republican national commit
tee to import North Carolina negroes
into West Virginia this year SO as to
throw the state into the Republican
column at the coming election.
In concluding, the speaker said he
had one other question to refer to, the
claim OF the INTELLIGEEcER that he was
the father OF the scheme to COLOMBO
West Virginia. He said that no had
never seen Lindsey until in June, 1890,
while Lindsey's affidavit states that he
was introduced to him May l, 1890, and
the letters OF West Virginia Republi-
cans on tho subject antedate the date
OF hiH acquaintance with Lindsey. As
to any personal matters, he would at
tend to them in due and proper time.
He wound up by appealing to the peo-
pie OF Ohio county to vote the Demo-
cratic ticket, as the eyes Of the entire
state are on this, the most populous
county in the state.
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II you workingmen do your duty
yon will teach mon like HRrrity that you
possess intelligence and cannot be dcluded
into voting foryour enemies. ! cannot say
one good word for the Democratic party,