The Springdale news., 1889-10-18
HENDERSON DISGORGES.
He Writes Le tier to Justify Ills Grigi-
 mai Accordance.


 to disgorge the s4,300 that Tanner so "lIberally" presented to hlm four or five months ago. The Sen ator surrcnders the plunder with poor grace. Ii will be remember ed that he wrote to the Secretary of the Interior some tune ago ask ing that the circumstances attend ing the reiating of hls pension be investigated. Noble did so, and promptly decided that the rerating was illegal and that Manderson was not entitled to the money. Man. derson is at present in Washing ton, and late last night gave the following letter to his frie nd Frank Hatton of the Washington Post for publication:
 OMAHA, Neb., Oct. ', 1889-John w. Noble. Secretar of the Interior, Washington D. G.: SIR-Your favor ofthc 25th ult., acknowledging re- eeipt of my letter ot September IA, and stating that in compliance with my request you would make exam inatlon pf all steps taken In the matter of the rerating of pension ma9. by the pension office in my behalf so soon as your othtr otficia duties would permit, and your Ia vor of the 30tt ult., stating that you had completed the examination and giving me the result thereof, We're both received.
 The first official information that came to me of this unsolicited ac- tion in my behalf was on August 2f, when 1 received from the Com missioner of Pensions the rerated pension certificate, winch not only gave rerating on the bases ot an equivalent of full disability, but also granted arrearages from the time of my discharge rom the army on accont of wounds received, on the ground of error in the original rerating.
 On August 23 I addressed let ter to the Comm missioner, of Inch l transmitted Jou q copy, dcclinlng to decide these questions of accep- tance or rejecting until medical examination by board, to be ap- pointed by the pension office, had determined Inc extent of my pres ent disability.
 On September If 1 wrote you that no examining board having been appointed, and having had ne information that such board would be appointed in compliance with my request, desired tull and searching examination by you to determine whether the action talk en by the pension office was such as was warraHteu by the rules ot proceeding governing such cases. l stated in my letter that l wished the strictest construction of law, rule and precedent, and that l would not consent to any strainlng Of either. also requested you if. proceedings were regular, to des'g- nate the board before whome l should appear.
 TNwARRANTED RERATING.
 Your last letter gives your opin- ion that the rcrating having been without application and without medical examination, was not Tn pursuance of the usual practice, was not in compliance with rules, and was therefore urwarranted. hoped before final action on my part that as the matter had been precipltate'. upon me, the opnortn- nty might be offered to show It tul- ly upon it's merits rather than upon any technlcalities of procedure This IS evidently impossible under vour opinion, and without further delay send to you the rcrated pension certificate, with the request that you cause 1t to be returned to Commissioner of Pensions for can cellation.
 In thus returning the only eyi cence l have received ot the acton unadvisedly taken in my behalf, upon your opinion that it was not taken in compliance with law, l a'n not compelled to pass my lndlVid- ual judgment upon the advlsability or propriety of the action ot the Commis .ioner, whose perfect integ- rity and good intentions no one can question. l have kept silent under crossest abuse and most un' deserved attacks, that l did not suppose could come t" one who had tried 70 do lis duty to his coun- try in her need, and had been pre- viousIy injured in that end, because l could not by precipitation of ac- tion react upon a gallent cemrade, who certainly supposed that within the requirements af the law he was doing a kindly and proper act. It [, Jua Yoycalf tO say however. that