| Show ti OPPOSES r W WOODS S SL l L CONFIRMATION fl M TIO I t Senator Scott from West Virgin Virginia Virgini I i 9 Makes a Strong Personal Ar Argument Argument Against It Itt t WHY APPOINTMENT WAS MADE Because of His lis Supposed Capacity a aA as asA aA A Chit Governor and Not Notts Ol as a aM Military Hilary M Mani Man Ian i Washington Jim Jan 11 lIS Senator Scot of o the tho nato committee o on Oil affairs han ban submitted In III executive ses I glon efon of ot the sonata a n of or the Introduce before tho committee t In tile the hewing hearing on cn tho the nomination of m o 1 to fo bo ho major general Senator Scott nukes makes a n 11 strong Itron per ier personal Perin lonAI argument to tho the senate In Q to the Ule appointment of ot Gen Wood to bo be bon n I major general Ho Ile prefaces his remarks with tho the that I confirmation to so o 0 high a n position as at that of major general should bo with whir duo dug deliberation and the tho person fI to be bo confirmed should be highly quail fled and In ht every way worthy andi und and i suspicion Concerning nomina nominations of at this character Senator Scott says gays Tho The president tho appointive po power cr crIs Is tho the In of be the theorin army orin and navy naY of at the United States and nOd In either of o these como coma from him to tho those e under him with peculiar force torre and power lower I In that what ho no soya to those under him Ilm IH Is to them the tho law Jaw tend and oven complaint or orI criticism I on their part arc aro ll utts acts of ot Insubordination These The e nod men thus Ihu rut oft off from the right tight of or complaint havo u a peculiar claim to 10 be e heard hero here In the tho matter of or appointments anointments affecting them thern and It becomes anti behooves every senator to exercise ills his very ery test best Judg m meant tad do his Ills utmost to throw every possible safeguard around this class clas of ot appointments particularly when heu the i act of ot has hilA the fur reach reachIng ing effect that this one will have Commenting on a statement in the tho brief of ot Senator calling at al attention to 10 the fact tact It wan Ireal President dent McKinley who alto Jumped Gen Oon 0 1 Food over oer hundreds of In the th army ormy Senator Scott says Tho The evidence In this case quite clearly establishes I the fact that ho Iw was WIlS appointed because of ot his ills supposed ca capacity an ns a n civil chII governor and there thereIn In Is ranch much to throw doubt upon the tho ques question lion tion of or whether even his appointment j us 01 a n nerol not miot regret regretted ted by the isle president and no one olle willI will that Mr McKinley would ever evel I have t of ot promoting to a Il major generalship certainly not In the light of ot tho the present development The Tho testimony of o Gen ha James H II Wilson concerning tho the advancement of at ofden atO den O n Wood Is quoted at nt length including in including that portion which asserts Gen Oen Wood was seas not In the tho battle battlo of ofSan ofSan San Ann Juan Junn In reference to tills this the tho re ro review review view says saya ThIs statement of IJ Oen Gen Wilton shows shoes clearly tho natural resentment that will exist If It this great grout wrong la ls perpetrated upon tho the many army of or the United States Slates by the confirmation of or orOon Gen Oon Wood and Its Injurious effect i must necessarily be very great greal affect affecting Nj ing fig as aa It does docs the tiro ambitions of scores of or young youn men which must be 00 nipped III Ia the tho bud because of or the tho youth of rl Gen mid tho the long Ions limo that ho hu may remain maln r at tho the head read of tho the army urmy Referring to tho the conduct of oC Gen Brooke Senator Scott says BUYS that nu Impartial person can review tho thu evi HI evidence dence dente In lu this matter without reaching tho the conclusion that the tho charge of ot dis 1111 disloyalty loyalty Is lg Lilly fully established Jd In reference to the th support glees by 11 Gen Wood to gambling r games gumes played In tho the Front on en Senator Scott gays 80 It IH la 11 shown by tho testimony that Oen O n Wood hood was a as 1 habit habitual flat ual attendant of oC the Iho game came especially upending spending his Sundays there on days cloys the tho betting reached as 1111 high as al In closing his hlA review Senator i Scott d 1 says Bays At the Iho conclusion of tho the evidence of oC ofden Gen den Wilson tho Junior senator front from Ohio Mr asked that Ihal Gen Oon Wood be brought before the committee of o this body having this ills Investigation In charge to the end that he ho might answer the allegations and accusations rondo made against him and relieve himself from the tho unjust as liS hit his friends claim to bo to IJ the Iho case CUBO imputations Imputation end ond l crill cI made his hll character mob quite n colloquy ensued ensue 1 It II being bellig claimed by nomo Romo of ot his hili champions that there thero woe OS no reason for or him hint to bo lie heard that nothing limb had been lIcen proved against him that them tholO was wan nothing for tor him tutu to mister In a word that thul ho he helens Was lens seif I I 1 submit w as to III me tile and I taunt must ho he to everyone l re lIy mama nion trous did 1 It come collie about that thin this Individual n a doctor In civil life lICe and a n bloodless In him battle II If It ho evor lw r sate BOW n hallil him has l thin tho ox m ailed position timid that ha Ito Is unlike outer other people mead Is lit not to 10 be bl accountable to In not nol even een to 10 tho the senate of or tho the United States and will not oven even honor It Il with his hIli presence NOW for Cur my part I f w t tn ln twy flY that It IK Ia I duo doto to lu tolen lui I Ilen i Gen len Wood It M In III du to 11 the people of oC tho the United les that lint ho lit should not only explain but disprove many i statements made In lu tin till now note hero for fur before anon should b ln hi thought of 1 The lime tact fact that hol hI ho h t mi mitton to lr let Iel thU s I n goon go u on to without thi at meeting in It man Is IN In III Itself n 1 strong vi to my III mind that hr hI It I Is H not made of ut that goes gmt to nuke lmke up UI sol 1101 such as 1111 WO we c need for Cor our major generals mu chiefs of oC staff This talk about the tho m of o hits his coming coining home heir IB Is silly Filly Fill It Ills Is simply evad evading ing lug the Iho mention question The rhe truth Is le n a 1 brave and amid 1111 1 courageous cnUt mart man would ruth rath rather ruther er resign a IL dozen commissions as its brig bilg that allow his hb character to 10 bo he l besmirched hili conduct II II Its his motives 1 impugned omit his hili Integ IllY and veracity sought Knight to he be Im Impeached If It l II by y giving up 11 tho the same camo he ho could come coma la In person disprove the accusations made against hint Senator Scott comments on the evi evl evidence deuce dence Introduced tending to di ill directly upon ullon Gen fien H Woods diameter character as all asa asa a 0 man mun by hU da III Integrity und mind veracity and tutu then after alter up other charges s ways 11 To my lilY mind a IL mont mast t grievous 1 Injustice tice has hili been done dono In to the preferment of or offen Gen fen Wood over aver a II hundred or 01 more inure out old ills dill army who won Unction on mm many bloody where snore more lives Jives were werl lost Jo t nail and more prisoners taken In one OM day daythan daythan than during the thc entire hAmerl can call war |
