New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-21
WOOD

A. soor A. the United States Senate confirmed e,
the promotion OF Mr. Wood TO M9JS Su Governor
General Of the island OF Cuba In suus"'N"'' Va
Mr.. Brooke. which the press had an
,, nas for Some time has only displeased tnosc
Who have direct personal Interest IN she nosed
avon avon -, now oppose the change MADE IN
tba genera, government the reason has Peen t 6e
saIo hcausc certain personal interests require
that Messrs Lanuza and Mendez Cap0te DC
por1ad on against civil government ana ~ Is .he
main cause OF the censure now uHsV,eu si IrCoLe
Hrai Wood 10 attacked in the same way as any
other person would have pesh 49,, az 90 tbat hs
wsnted Is the continuance OF Brooke 90 s,ta ~
nnov, s.creta ries may remain In office: AMONG 'e
friends OF the existing situation are those ~, Re-
10 w has no power TO depose General BROOKE
a. favor OF General Wood. The remark IL tn rUe
portihfy OF as Commander in Chief Of the Army is
the one that governs CUBA anu ne ,i,rv antboritv
the c oeega2" o{ the army OF occupation this
authority can be named or recalled az tne WIN y,
p proota. now he will govern US with Wood. 10
hts no objection can be made The appointment OF
nointmept we repeat only looked upon uniayor-
ably by tho political secre,atcs o1 of Wood he
LII be good Governor and the country Is Justihed
IN coneratulating itself that the Presi1ieh. mas
chosen as a successor 70 brooNe '"o
Wood has shown great capacity for government
,nd
an Of the island In that mountainous ana
rueged district where passions and impulslve char
acsers nredominate: In that country whcre a
,ron2 rebe1Ious spirit has been agitated for a
49, s,;ue General Wood knew how TO calm that
soir,, how TO establish moral peace ana cheer he
beart. ~ all He has been seen 10 practlse poncy
-, hsrmonv and ample liberty. We saw MIN. pc
% 80 anv one promulgate the habeas corpus In the
Ioto ~ no commanded and he decreed that con-
st,tu,ional measure when the embers OF the hte Oh
Snmestic and international war were SUI! smoking
Iauv rnonths afterward that decree was copied In
T n , nv Mr. Brooke's fallen and already I'M
,oe
IL the other OF material things II has been seen
~ General Wood cleansed the eastern cities as
nmcb az possible and procured their emoelsh-
ment In order 10 fully understand the necessities
81 that mart OF the island and the moral attributes
~ its inhabitants he made an excursion over all
Tho nroynce and during that Journey or investiga.
lion he became conversant with the condlton OF
the eastern population. III, ..,s .t,..u,
a. much as possible His government VIII assume
rather a civil than military character II VIII pre-
mare Ms for broader life and give us the rights OF
peace and liberty. , I'll, ,...., q. .
as man OF clear mind and solid education, he
will know how to study and skilfully solve the
economic and political problems that circumstances
oav INF reduce into the country as he IL man or
nayev he viii be able 10 meet every unhealthy In
euence His policy will be eminenty liberal but at
Tho same time II will he guarantee for all those
that work and produce He VIII not associate him
cir Nth agltators but with statesmen With the
rise Of Wood the power Of the Jacobite faction.
which so dlsastrousy governed the country FOR the
last wear will fall Cuba ought to have faith and