The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-19
CUBANS ARE JEALOUS
PROTEST AGAINST HAVING: THEIR
RIGHTS RUTHLEsSLY
TRAMPLED UPON
GEN. WOODS GOOD WORK
'as heen Accomplished Through
the Cooperation of the China,
Residents, Who Have Confidence
I'm His Fairness-Insiae wal
inss in the Reconstruction of the
Island.

WASHINGTON. jar 18.-Gen. Leon
ara wood. military commander of the
department Of Santiago, was before
.he senate committee on military af-
idirs To-Day. He gave a detailed ac-
COUNT Oh his operations In the province
anu III the city of Santiago. and also
save MS estimate of the military forca
leCessdiy 10 maintain order in the ISL
anu. On the latter point he expressed
I Eeo oplhlon that for some time the
i,ooo men now in the province of san
tlago should be continued hnt tba+
AFTER a time 5000 would be sufficient
Tor the service. He considered how
ever, that military force would he
necessary to the maintenance Of order
Ior some years. and said it should be
suIhclent eHectually and quickly to
check any trouble before it could gain
| headWay. This remark applied tn the
Island as whole, and he thought as
many as $4,000 should be stationed
throughout Cuba. With proper pre-
caution and tact he did not anticipate
trouple. and he believed that the in
surgent forces would rapidly disinte-
CRATE In all parts of the island Santi-
ago had been great stronghold of the
CUBAN Insurgents under Garcia, but
tney mad now practically disbanded.
outlining his mode of governing the
province, he said he had made no ap-
polntments of officers except upon the
recommendations Of Cubans, and that
he had in all cases put them upon their
honor In making such recommends
lions. He had shown absolute trust i'm
them In all matters, going among them
always unarmed, and leaving the books
or the administration always open to
their inspection. He had Cubans In
all department. and his private secre-
tary had at one time been a member
Of Gomez's staff. They always knew
how their money had been expended
and knew just what he was doing as
their governor.
JEALOUS OF THEIR RIGHTS.
Gen. Wood said that his first effort
mad been to encourage the people of
all the towns to establish self-govern-
ment. and he had been especially zeal
Gus in having them select their local
on1cers open schools, establish courts.
build roads. etc. and In cases where
they dld not have the money for these
purposes he had aided them by max
ing contributions from the general fund.
This system was entirely different from
the old one under Spanish rule, when
all the collections were forwarded to
Havana and never came back only 1s
per cent of the revenue being devoted
to local uses. He had found the peo-
pie especially jealous of their rights in
this respect. and the recent public
meetings and protests against sending
their revenues to Havana was due to
this feeling.
Gen. Wood spoke especially of the es-
Establishment Of schools and the build
ing .of roads. He said he had 1000
men making roads, and that he was
getting many schools started.
Replying to a question from Senator
Hawley he said the people were anx-
ious for the separation of state and
church in educational matters. and
they seemed to want to be like this
Americans in this as well as other re-
spects.
Speaking of Santiago city he said
the collections maintained from GUS
toms had been sufficient to pay all le-
ultimate expenses and leave a balance
of $230,CO0, which he meant to devote
to cleaning out the harbor This har-
Dor, he said, an an accumulation Of
offal. and with this removed he be-
believed the city would be as healthy
as any American city.