Show m nana a S 7 aa 1 g n 51 F V az s X 4 I 1 Z j Z 4 1 I I 1 6 M I 1 4 t SA I 1 POOH PO ii baff I 1 i GENERAL W WOODS A N ESS 11 tb efficient cio governor vernor ft alwy alwais AIT 1 and d vigrous 9 SO see Emi Eyth thing laB nad correct many aben colonel teddy tedde roosevelt is sworn in at albany the rough r riders iders will have baa given two governors to the nation for general leonard wood Is the mill military tary governor of sa santiago atlar 0 O de cuba the rough rider governor of new york wi will alb have tl reto to se set tap a retty pretty hot pace when abe u he be begins his gubernatorial career if he would run in tho the samo same class clan with the rough rider go governor verno of sa santiago n biag 0 for general W wood odd not auly la is making history but a record beyond the most sanguine sa hopes of bis big warmest admirers it Is a striking coincidence that the colonel of the rou rough gh riders should be appointed governor of santiago and lieutenant colonel of that command be elected governor govern or or of new york in less than six months from the day the rough riders were sworn into the service of the united states B but ut those who know both men can readily be 11 aeve e v e t that ha t the sequence of events placed both men where they are solely by the operation of the law of the selection of the fittest it would take a long and weary search to find two men 1110 more re unlike than governor wood and governor elect roosevelt roosevelt is in all fire demonstrative enthusiasm explosive energy visible aggressiveness leading up to pyrotechnical finishes wood is like a hydraulic press which accomplishes large results quietly and unostentatiously by the exercise of tremendous and unnoticeable energy which is all the more mom effective because it is noiseless constant and under I 1 perfect control and like that same 1 hydraulic press governor wood is self J contained imperturbable and solidly constructed the whole army knows all about general woods physical prowess his skill as a boxer his reputation as an allaround all around athlete but it remained for the after surrender days of santiago to develop the fact that as an ex executive official di lomat even tem judge and adroit handler handier of men governor wood has few equals I 1 asked general wood about five minutes after he had taken his seat at I 1 the desk formerly used by the spanish I 1 governor general what he would do first clean out about years rs of dirt he replied that very hour the first gang of cubans was put to work on the streets the first week of his administration governor wood was in the saddle eighteen hours a day he personally inspected every toot foot of every street alley court and lane in old Bant santiago lago he made a house to house canvass examining interior courts rooms and hallways and before the spaniards and cubans of the city knew what had bad happened they were whitewashing their houses digging dirt out of their courts sweeping their halls cleaning their rooms and obediently and dutifully fining filling barrels with refuse which was set out every morning on the curbs of the narrow sidewalks for the carts and quartermasters wagons which patrolled the town the citizens did this unusual this unprecedented kind of work not under orders of governor wood but because the alcalde the mayor had issued the instructions Gd governor Vernor wood with that diplomatic craft which has enabled him to administer the municipal affairs without fri friction c ti on never put his name under an order ordinance or official proclamation in the earlier days of the american occupation of santiago AU all such papers were signed by the mayor of the city but they were written in general woods office and carried across the hall to the mayors office the military gorer governor nor of santiago was a veritable pooh bah he be was mayor corporation counsel commissioner of public works superintendent 0 of f police commissioner of health oil inspector inspector of weights and measures port physician harbor master superintendent of street and alley cleaning gas inspector city attorney city collector city treasurer city clerk chief janitor of the city hall desk sergeant bant of the central station and police mag magistrate magistral istra te in this continuous municipal performance general wood played all parts without leaving the stage sometimes acting two or more roles at once As police magistrate he was unique most of the men brought before him were americans stevedores who had slipped from their ships in the or at the docks and had tried to get the better of or santiago rum mm sold soldiers lexa who had run the guard or sneaked I 1 through the lines for a day in the city civilians c Ivil lans who found themselves in i santiago and had bad attempted to run i things on the wide open policy the culprits were lined up in the broad entrance I 1 of the gov governors ernoes pala in the I 1 morning with an armed soldier P guarding guardi each end of the line itne the corporal of the guard and sergeant of the patrol 1 acted the part of prosecuting prose muting witnesses and ninety adne times out of a ti hundred undred the accused turned states evidence on himself pleaded guilty aw and I 1 threw himself on an the mercy cy of the tee court As a matter of curiosity I 1 followed up a dozen cases ran mn them down as it were and d found that governor I 1 wood had bad diagnosed the cases perfectly I 1 and had graduated the punts punishment h ace according to the degree of crime or misdemeanor chicago cabo JB ecord |