The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-12
SENATOR SCOTT SKINS
THE ROYAL FAVORITE
5Dr. Wood Should Appear and Refute the Charges
Made Against Him if He Can.
Evidence Before the COMMITTEES Reviewed the Natural Con-
cusions Stated

no impartial person can review the
evidence in this matter without reach
ing the conclusion that the charge Of
dislOyalty is fully established.
In reference to the support given by
General Wood &c gambling games
played in the Jsi-Alai company
Front on" Senator Scott says it is
shown by the testimony that General
Wood was q habitual attendant of tho
game. especially spending his Sundays
there, on which days the betting
reached as high as $4,000
Wood Should Answer.
In closing his review Senator Scott
says:
AT the conclusion of the evidence of
General Wilson the junior senator from
Ohio Mr.. Hanna, asked that General
Wood be brought before the committee
OF this body having this investigation
in charge TO the end that he might
answer the allegations and accusations
made against him and relieve himself
from the unjust (5s his friends claim
TO he the case) imputations and Criti-
cisms made against his chara cter, and
quite a cOllOqUy eusUed, il being
claimed By some Of his champions THAI
there was no reason for him to be
heard: that nothing had been proved
against him; that there was nothing
for him TO answer: in word. tat he
was self-vindicated.
This, ] submit. was to me, and
must be to everyone, perfectly mon
strOus. When did II come about that
this individual. a doctor in civil life,
and a blO0dless soldier in battle. if he
ever saw a hattie. has reached the ex-
allied position that he is unlike other
peOrle and is not To be accountable to
~ a fa Of 3
United States. and viii not even honor
il with his presence Now for my
Tert I want to say that IL is due to
General Wood, it IS due to the people
OF the United States. that he should
net only explain, but disprove, many
statements made in the evidence now
here for consideration before confirm
alton should be thought Of. The fact
that he Is willing to let this tnvestiga-
ton go on without personally meeting
it like a man is in itself strong evil
dence 10 my mind hat he is not made
of material that goes to make up sol
diers such S We need for our major
generals and chiefs Of STAFF.
What a Soldier Would Do.
This talk about the difficulty OF his
coming here is silly. Tt is simply eyad-
ing the question. The truth is. q
brave and courageous man would rath-
er resign a dozen commissions as brig
adler general than allow his character
10 be besmirched. his conduct assaiied,
bis ugotives impUsned and his integ-
ritv and vHracitv sought To be ina
pesched, e by giving w the same he
could come in person and disprove the
accusations made against him"
Senator Scott comments on the evil
dence introduced tending to reflect di-
rectly upon General Woods character
as q man By impeaching his integrity
and veracity. and then, after summing
up other charges, says:
TO my mind most grievOus injus-
tice has been done in the preferment of
General Wood over 2 hundred or more
old army 0fficers-ofiiceT who won dis
tGctiOn on many bloody battlefelds-
battlehelds where more lives were lost
and more prisoners taken in one day
than during the entire Spanish-Ameri-
can war