Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1914-01-30
oooo REASON TO BELIEVE HE
WILL BE MADE GOVERNOR
OF CANAL ZONE.
Is WELL FITTED FOR PLACE
u~i'ned by His Military, Sanitary
ano Civil Experience-coIonei
1oethaIs May Have Position
far Brief Time.
BY GEORGE CLINTON.

4uarlers, one OF the chief questions
1nlerest has been, rs Major Gen
al Leonard Wood to be made gov
erhor OF the Panama Canal Zone?"
"hen the country was first in
lorlned through Washington dis
patches that this question was being
ASKED with apparently some sound
ness or base, the secretary of war
Sald that General Wood was to be
Seht 10 command the eastern division
OF the army with Governors Island,
ne" York harbor as his headquar-
tiers.
TOT some reason or other the coun-
Try seems TO have accepted this word
Oh Mr.. Garrison as intended to mean
mat General Wood was not to be
MADE the governor of the Canal Zone.
1t seems certain, however, that while
Nr. Garrison spoke the exact truth,
the fact that he evaded answering the
dlrect question makes it seem likely
Ihat the present chief of staff, after
gong TO Governors Island for a short
rule, VIII 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
Tor few months.
Would Solve Problems.
II General Wood is given the Pana-
ma appointment to succeed Goethals,
the act will solve many of the prob
IpmE Uh ad
ministration. In the course Of a few
months there will be troops enough,
cavalry, infantry and artillery on the
Canal Zone to constitute a proper
command for major general. More
over, Leonard Wood has had more
experience in niltary-civil govern
mental matters than any other man
in the United States army. 1t is gen.
orally conceded in Washington that
he would be a 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 a three-man commits
sion is that no one man probably
could be found possessing the neces-
sary qualifications to make final an
swers to military. sanitary and civil
administration questions.
General Wood not only is a mill
tary man of admitted merit, but he
is a graduate physician and surgeon.
I'm sympathy and touch with modern
sanitary methods, and further, he has
had long experience as an executive
I'm tropical climates and among tropi-
cal people. General Wood was mill
tary governor of Cuba from December
~. 1899, until the transfer Of that
country's government to the Cuban
Republic. May 90, 1902. From 1908
TO 1906 he was governor OF the Moro
province in the Philippine islands
and for two years thereafter he COM
manded the troops OF the Philip
pine division.
Goethals Doesn't Want Place Long.
It 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
Mace which can add anything TO his
fame. He has worked for seven
wears 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 Cocktails may be made
the governor OF the zone for month
or two to give him the distinction OF
having been the first ruler of the
work"
II 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 official
capacity when the first great ships
of commerce pass through the canal
next June. They will also be present
as the builders or the canaI at the
celebration next January.
Trust 20 Antitrust Laws.
Most of the Democrats here seem
10 believe that the party has better
chance 90 be made permanently popu-
TAR hv antitrust legislation than by the
tariff and currency laws. The Demo
Gratis will put through their antitrust
measures this winter and IL the result
ing law works as they seem to think
n will work. they viii hold that their
Judgment of its popularity vas well
based.
II has been shown definitely that
there has been considerable change
I'm tho minds OF the members OF the
dominant party in the matter of anti
trust legislation. One year age 1t
seemed from the temper of the mem
oers that every big business concern
10 ~ eeran DsaN