The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-11-22
Evidence Given Before Com
V ,i1ittce is Damaging to Chances
Ss8s III General Wood.
ISyvILL LIKELY BE CONFIRMED
1All the Influence That Mr. Mr..
Roosevelt Can Command Be
ling Brought to Bear on Case.
Times Dispatch Bureau.
Colorado Building.
Fourteenth and G Streets. N w.

ls8 Washington D. c.. Nov. 81. 1903.
,,58} 81 General Wood had hard time OF ~
1 AGAR, to-day in the investigation being
conducted by The Senate Commtte on
4 Military Affairs, as to his record and
II general fitness for promotion to the rank
u 81 ma jor- general.
The features Of the investigation to-day
i3were the rtories told on the stand by two
X witnesses, Herbert Janver Browne FORM
Il, srly a New York newspaper man, and now
u 4 resident OF Havana, where he resided
& during the time Wood was the military
I'd rovernor Of the city, and e. L. Conant.
! Ia wyer. Of Havana, formerly citizen
a OF New York,
D Browne said It was he who had OBJ
y. tained the af1ldavits filed BY Rathbone.
VI setting forth that the stock Of the mem :
eers OF the jail Alai, the gambling asso-
81 citation of Havana. had been assessed for
I. the purpose OF paying the cost OF presents
d from the gaming establishment to Gene.
h 3al Wood and his WIFE, The members o.
" the committee manifested the greatest IN
Starest in these charges and Browne was
I'd subjected to the most searching exami-
\ nation.
Il Il has been asserted by friends Of Wood
g That he did not know the character OF
y +tiA Jai Alai. when he granted the con-
/, :ession. Browne showed that official pub
i iications In the papers Of Havana. clear
8ly set forth the fact that the orGan1.
a IA ton was gambling association. and
4 that Il vas impossible that Wood should
\ not have known It. Browne also showed
n the committee copy of the bylaws OF
4 the association. which 1t was declared
WOOD had suppressed In the statement
n he made to tic War Department concern
4 Ing the Jai Alai.
Even More Serious.
Il conant made charges OF more serious
Y character even than those made In the
#tes.th,cnv OF ,,rowna. Ie ts the coun-
ssse! tel the Gas Company in Havana. He
said that General Wood gave very waltz
able concessions to an electric lighting
and power company and allowed them to
tear up nd blockade many streets to such
& an extent that many we're impossible.
s& Protests OF citizens we're entirely TIM
avaliny. ind finally the War Department
was appealed TO- The Secretary Of War
cab,ed en- order forbiddlng further ope.
rations on the part IT the company. hut
wood, according 10 the witness. did not
b REQUIRE them to cease work. but did COM
4 Del them to cease blockadng the streets.
Y The object OF the testimony OF Coma nj
s3 was to show that Wood. as charged. was
" INTERESTED IN Il uIdlCluI WY ~ taS HShS"
ling company. @
Major Rathbone took the sta,ld after
Browne had concluded. FIis time was
.ataa.i, up chiefly with an attemnt to sub
stAut!ate the charge that Wood had un-
A duly influenced the jury. which tried him
Tor dishonesty in his office Of superlntend-
Y eit u posts IN Cuba.
May Last a Month.
A member OF the committee said to-day
sthal the investigation would consume
month.
Senator Hanna. who Is leading the fight
n aEaiost t,ya confirmation Of the nominal
II ton OF Wood. was not present at the
4 hearing to-day ns he is In New York.
Il In this correspondence last ngllt stated
that Senator Cockrell. OF Missouri, was
the only member OF the committee. who
was not an old veteran. The Congress
Z, aional dir ctory does not make any mem
ton II the military service OF Senator
II Cockrell. yet ] am Informed by one OF
Z his colles CUES chat he was brigader
@ in the Confederate army and noted for
his gallantry.
General Wood is being tried by nine
u real soldiers, all OF them veterans OF the
z Union or Southern armies.
The general impression is that tho nom
ination OF Wood will be confirmed. II
me. be that the committee will report
X against It, but all the Influence the White
p House can WELD is being exerted to have
&. the nomination of the Doctor. General &c
through.