The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1914-01-29
GOOD REAooN TO 0eLIgvG Nc
WILL Dc MADE GOVERNOR
OF CANAL ZONE.
IS WELL FITTED ron PLACE
o.s'i6ss BY ttis Aiiitsry. ssaitssy
aad Civil Gxessisaes-csisasl
oesthsis Nay Nave eeeitisa
soe 0rief YiaNo.
Oy GEORGE CLINTON.

especially In and about army head
quarters. one Of the chief questions
OF interest has bssn. Is Major Gen.
eral Leonard Wood to b made gov.
ernor OF the Panama Canal Zons!"
When tie country Was nrst In
formed through Washinston die
patches that this question was being
asked with apparently some sound
ness Of base. the secretary Of var
said that General Wood was 70 b
sent to command the eastsrn division
Of the army with Governors Island.
New York harbor. ~ his hsadQuar-
tefA
For some reason or other the coun-
try seems to have accepted this word
OF Mr.. Garrison - intended to meas
that General Wood was not to BE-
made the governor OF the Canal Zone.
1t seems certain. however. that while
Mr.. Garrison spoke the exact truth.
the fact that he svaded answering the
direct question makes 1t seem likely
that the present chief of sta6. after
going to Governors Island for . short
rule. will pack the furniture Of his
Quarters and take up the march"
via the steamship for the Isthmus Of
Panama Colonel Goethals, the canals
chief engineer. may be made governor
for . few months.
Would Solve Problsms.
II General Wood 10 given the Pana-
ma appointment to succeed Goethals.
the act will solve many Of the prob
lens which have been vexing the ad-
ministration. In the course Of q few
months there will be troops enough.
cavalry, infantry and artillery on the
Canal Zone to constitute q proper
command for . major general. More
over. Leonard Wood has had more
experience In military-civil govern
mental matters than any other man
in the United States army It 10 gen
orally conceded In Washington that
he would be . good governor OF the
zone.
The differences of opinion which
exist in Washington as to the proper
form Of government of the Canal
Zone have been frequently explained
The present law provides for a one
man rule while a proposed amend
ment to the law provides for a rule
Of three men. One OF the stronger
arguments for Commissioner Met
calfe's plan Of . three-man commits
sion 10 that no one man probably
could be found possessing the neces-
aarv mn 1{Hcotyoua N v,,oLn aonI an
swers to military. sanitary and civil
administration questions.
General Wood not only is a mill.
tary man Of admitted merit. but he
is graduate physician and surgeon.
in sympathy and touch with modern
sanitary methods. and further. he las
had long experience as an executive
In tropical climates and among tropi-
cal people. General Wood was snili-
tary governor Of Cuba from December
IL, 1929, until the transfer Of that
country'a government to the Cuban
Republic. May 20. 1902 From 1870"
to 1906 he was governor of the Moro
province in the Philippine Islands.
and for two years thereafter he cem-
manded the troops Of the Philip
pine division.
GoethaIs Doesn't Want Place Long.
1t is generally understood in Wash
ington that Colonel Goethals, the
chief of engineers of Panama canal
construction. has no great desire to
be the zones governor for any length
of time. There Is nothing in the
place which can add anything to his
fame. He has worked for seven
years on the isthmus and probably
with his engineer chiefs of division he
will be given the thanks of the Ameri-
can congress for the great work done
on the isthmus. 1t is likely. however.
that Colonel Goethais may be made
the governor OF the zone for a month
or two to give him the distinction of
having been the FIRST ruler Of the
work"
1t will take an executive order to
abolish the Panama Canal commission
and this order may be delayed long
enough to enable the present com.
missioners to be present In an oflicial
capacity when the first great ships
Of commerce pass through the canal
next June. They will also be present
as the builders Of the canal" at the
celebration next January.
Trust to Antitrust Laws.
Most Of the Democrats here seem
10 believe that the party has a better
chance to be made permanently popu.
lar by antitrust legislation than by the
tariff and currency laws The Demo.
Gratis will put through their antitrust
measures this winter and II the result.
ing law works as they seem to think
1t will work, they will hold that their
Judgment Of its popularity was we'll
based.
1t has been shown definitely that
there has been considerable change
in the minds Of the members of the
dominant party in the matter Of anti.
trust legislation. One year ago It
seemed from the temper of the mem.
bers that every big business concern