The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-01-06
THE FIGHT ON WOOD
WILL BE CARRIED TO FLooM OF
 SENATE.
Summary of the Deductions of the Minority of the Committee on Military Manifestations
 in Cuba.

WaSnlngton, Jan. e.--NtSWe VT FtuS minority of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs protesting against the confirmation of General Wood to be Major General have been prepared in the form of a brief to be used by the opponents of his nomination when the report 0: the committee shall be presented for action of the Senate in executive ses- sion.
 The brief declares the most of the im- portant matters brought out in the hear ing came to public knowledge subsequent to General Woods promotion to be briga- dier general, and that no competent in vestigation has yet been made in regard to the actual facts of General Wood'a military career and experience. These assertions are made to meet the argu- ment of Senator Foraker, that objections to General Woods advancement should have been made when President McKin- ley had under consideration the matter ot promoting him to be brigadier general. First submitted in the brief is the argu- | ment that it is not denied that the orders to the courts which were introduced by Major E. c. Rathbone were actually | issued by General Wood as Military Gov ernor. These orders were for the ad- | mission of ex parte testimony and in that connection attention has been called by | the minority to an order issued by the Secretary of War of which General i Woods orders are declared to have been a perversion.
 Secretary Roots order was promulgated | November 14. 1901, and transmitted to the
 court November 15, 1901. In this mill
 tary order the prosecution Is instructed ! that If 1t has any intention of using as
 evidence in the trial of the postal cases. | testimony applied for in the United
 States. steps should be taken immediate
 ly to inform the proper judicial authori- I ties that this cannot be allowed"
 l Another paragraph of the same order says: "A trial in which there are used 'ex parte" dispositions, given by persons
 whom there is no opportunity to eros ex-
 anime. is not a fair and impartial trial
 and accordingly such depositions cannot be
 used at the trial"
 l The minority say that to get around
 this order General Wood used his au-
 thority as military governor to change | the entire judicial system of the island. The Runcie magazine article Is the sub- l Ject of the fourth count. In 1t this statement is made; ''Runcie swears that
 arrangements were made between him
 self, Ray Stannard Baker and General Wood. for Runcie to write an article
 covering all Cuba and General Wood un- 1 derstood that the article would be a criti- | | The Jai Alai concession forms the fifth
 count in the minoritys brief, and, the
 following summary is made: 1a' | Judge Advocate Dudley states that the concession to this institution was never
 completed by the signature of the Spanish
 Governor General. The president of the
 company states that the documents oi
 April 17. 1900. and October 16, 1900 were
 submitted to General Wood. 1t being I kr A.. 1 lege thereby conferred. these documents
 being approved by General Wood in al
 their parts. They included the grant oi
 a monopoly for ten years. l .,"The claim that the gambling was al | adjunct rather than a part of the game
 is disproved by the president of the Ja
 Alai. The rules governing the gambling
 feature are set forth in the printed testi,
 mony. General Wood did not furnish
 full information for the action of the Wal Department. The publication of the gam
 bling regulations was made in the official gazette May Q, 1902. Wallis Clearman
 with Tiffany & Co.,. of New York, testi.
 fies thatabout the 10th or the 12th of that
 month an order was cabled to Tiffany by
 MT. Searasquette for silver service
 valued at about $5,000 and that he took
 such service to Havana, where 1t was
 accepted and paid for by Searasquette. That this was a gift to General Wood
 from the Jai Alai Company is admitted. .''
 The sixth count says: General Brooke
 testifies to the insubordination of General
 Wood and that he (Brooke) refrained
 from a court martial process because of
 the feeling that such a step would not
 have been sanctioned by the War Depart
 ment. He testifies to General Wood s
 arbitrary interference with the proceed
 ings of the court in Santiago province. ' The seventh and last count in the brief | refers entirely to testimony regarding | General Woods veracity. The testimony
 of Brigadier General William Ludlow.
 Commander Lucien Young, Major Runcie,
 Alexis +. Frye and a number of others
 is quoted in support of the count.