Butte semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1886-1890, 1889-09-28
TANNER's LETTER.
The Contents Of Confidential Letter to ]
Prive Dalzell is Given Away.

The Contents Of q Confidential Letter to
Prive Dalzell is Given Away.
Er. LOUIS, September 26.--The Republic
win print tomorrow from Caldwell, Ohio. q
special dispatch giving q copy Of letter
said to have been received by Private Dali
zell from Commissioner Tanner, under date
OF September 10. In it Tanner says he is
taking mo part in the dnties of his Office,
holding himself on leave until his successor
qualities. He refers to the orders issued
while acting, which he thinks were good
ones; namely, that the 80, ,00e men on the
pension roll at less than 81 month should
all, unless they had had medical examina-
tion within year, be ordered for examin-
alton before their home board with view
OF giving them at least four dollars, aud
second. that in the settlement OF pen
sion claims, the proof OF a private, if
the man was in good standing, should
amount to as much as that Of an
officer. The acting commissioner, says
Tanner, according to q local paper, re-
voked both these orders under the instruc-
tion OF Noble or Buzzy. Tanner complains
OF this and wonders how 'they are going
to make the boys believe there is no change
OF policy" He also complains of Acting
Commissioner Smith issuing orders stop
ping all re-atings. Tanner adds that he
did not resign until the President and Sec
retary Noble both said to him that the re-
port of the investigation committee con.
tanned no word which could impair his hon
esty in the slightest degree. Then he had
to consider whether he was man enough to
To- in ruho hal
knew his official superiors did not desire
est doubt" added he, "that l
would have been removed had not re-
signed..' Tanner speaks in general way
of his belief that Secretary Noble had de-
termined on his removal, etc., and says
all they can charge him with is too much
iberality and too much speed in granting
pensions. OF his future Tanner says he
knows nothing yet. He closes with an ap
peal to Dalzell not to give him cause to re
gret his freedom in writing this letter by |
making any p ,rtion Of it publ.
WASHINGTON, September 26.-Ex Pension |
Tanner admitted to the as.
sociated press that the letter purporting to |
be his, te!eg; aphed from Caldwell, Ohio. is |
genuine. He says it was written in conf |
dence. He believes it was stolen.
This evening Mr.. Tanner telegraphed to |
Private Dalzeil to know whether his letter |
had been stolen or had reached the public |
in some other manner. Speaking to re-
porter for local paper regarding the re.
rating OF Deputy Commissioner Smith, he |
said all these re-rating cases came before |
him last May. and while the matter was
under discussion there were present in his
Office Gen. Lew Wallace, Gen. Barnum of
New York, and dozen newspaper men.
There was not he says, the slightest criti-
cism as to the Justice OF re-rating. These
pensioners of the deputy commissioners |
wree with others, and Tanner does not re-
member them particularly. The commission.
sr declined to discuss his letter or the report |
Of the Investigating committee, which is not
yet made public.