The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-09-19
CORPORAL TANNER OCT.

Radical Difference Between the Corporal and
Secretary Noble One of the Chief Causes.
Corporal James Tanners resignation as
commissioner Of pensions is in the hands OF
President Harrison. It's acceptance IL merely
matter of time. Deputy Commissioner
Smith has been designaled TO act as COM
missioner until successor to M Tanner is
appointed.
Mr.. Tanner objected to summary removal
and while Mr.. Noble was at the White House
thecOrpOral was sent for and upon his arrival
the report of the Investigating commission
was read and he was in Ornled why he
offensive and OBJ ectIOnahle az the head OF
the pension bureau. There has never been
the best Of feeling between the secretary and
the commissioner. Mr.. Noble has not APP
proved the methods of the comm ssioner
and has been irritated by the latter's
lndlscretions. Resides, there has often Times
| been conflict of authority, the com
missioner asserting that the secretary had
no right to interfere in certain matters that
! appertained strictly to the pension bureau.
| The i'll feeling has been constantly growing,
and it became apparent that either the seq
rotary or the commissioner must go. These
| points were explained at length to the com.
missioner Mt the con erence and effort
made to reconcile him to the situation. A
considerable portion of the time at the
White House was taken up in trying to find
place that would I've acceptable to Mr. Tan.
ner. The marshalship of the Southern district
Of New York was offered him. Senator His.
cocks consent to the disposal Of that office
! having been gained. There was also sug-
gestion Of other places, including the regis
tership of the treasury, though it ID not sure
| that this was offered Other places outside
of Washington were suggested, but were
spurned by the thoroughly angered corporal
The marshaIshiD Is lucrative as
the pension ommissonership, but Mrs Tan
uer objects to leaving Washington. She
says they have leased q house for three
years; that two daughters are here ill public
service and two Sons are attending the uni
Versity, and it would be most inconvenitnt
to leave the city. 1t is the intention
Of the administration to find some
thing for him that will be satisfactory SO
thar his virtual dismissal will not leave him
stranded. 1t ls probable that the acceptance
Of his resignation will not be an
, nounced until place has been
found for him. in case he will accept
some other position. Some OF Mr. Tanner
friends assert that he will open a pension
Office in Washington and present the claims
Of his old comrades who are looking for pen
sions.
There are already numerous candidates
for the place. The past five months have
shown that business man is wanted a the
head of SO important u bureau as the pen
1 B
lack of actual business ability, coupled
with his indiscreet habit Of talk
ing freely, that led to the present disagree
able imbroglio. His removal is on charges
ofineffciency and indiscretiOD based on his
action in making special large number OF
pension cases, Oh the action OF some OF mis-
! subordinates in making reratngs Tor each
! other and on the speeches and Interviews
credited to the commissioner in the newspa-
pers, and whose authenticity he has not de-
MED. The commission investigating the re-
ratings in the office has reported from time to
time to the secretary Of the in eIior the
discovery of the wholesale Ferating among
the employees Of the Office. to the partial ex-
clusion of other pensioners. The men who
insisted upon Tanners appointment are
more to blame than the unfortunate corporal,
for they who knew him best should not have
! urged him for place requiring careful bust
ness training and keen executive ability
| That is the sentiment o: the Republicans
/ who have discussed the matter during the
! past few days, and in selecting Mr. Tanners
successor great care will be taken to avoid
! the mistake made when he was appointed
| United Press dispatch from Washington
! says that it's representative was auth0' ized
/ by the president to state that Com mission
! Tanner. had not been removed. and that no
! has not asked for the commissioners resig-
nation, and that Commissioner Tanner de-
| clined to talk about the i'm roglio further
than to say that he had not been suspended
and had not resigned, Ma, William Warner
is reported to have left Kansas City last
night for Washington in response to "a
telegram from the president ur
secretary of the Interior asking him he
would accept the position OF commissioner
! OF pensions, to succeed Commissioner Tanner
! in event the latter should he removed. The
latest associated press dispatch from Wash
ington on the subject says: president II ar,
rison has received the -esignatioa Of James
W. Tanner as commissioner Of pensions. In
his letter conveying the resignation it is said
the commissioner writes that he recognizes
that differences exist between himSel and the
secretary of the interior respecting the adj
minstration of the pension bureau, and that
those differences being radical. in the inter
est Of a thoroughly satisfactory admic
stration of the Office, he sho uld resign,