San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-21
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER q 1889.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our Regular Correspondent
WASHINGTON. Sent. Is, 1889.


Daily LIGHT.
The President did not get off tC
Deer Park until Saturday, owing to
important matters demanding his at
tention here. Before going he tender
ed the appoin tment of COMMISSIONS Ell
of Pensions to Major William Warner
! of Missouri, eX-congressman and eX-
commander-in-chiefo of the G. A. X.
Major Warner is here, but has not yet
decided to accept the position, and
many of his friends say that his accept
ance is extremely doubtful as he can
not afford to give up his present large
income from his legal practice for the
salary of commissioner of pensions
81 900 per annum. However great
political pressure is being brought to
bear upon him and he may be made
to see that it is his duty to accept. l
am in position to state positively
that whether Major Warner accepts
| or not the president has fully decided
that he will give the position to a
representative member of the u. A.
r., so that the veterans may rest as
sured that their interests will be look
ed after.
Although several days old the res
ignation of Commissioner Tanner is
still the all-absOrbing topic of CONVEX
sation here. All sorts of opinions are
| expressed, some of them pretty severe
on Secretary Noble, but the prevail
ing impression is that Mr.. Tanner, in
rendering his resignation, took the
manifest way of relieving the Presi-
dent of embarrassment. After all is
said that can be said with any degree
of certainty, the letter OF MIR. Tanner
transmitting his resignation and that
of the President accepting the same
presents the matter in light that is
creditable to both of them. llere are
the letters
COMMISSIONERS TANNERS LETTER.
D'P'TMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
BUREAU OF PENSIONS.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Sept. l., 1889.
To the President:
The differences which exist between
the secretary of the interior and my
self as to the policy to be pursued in
the administration of the pension bu
reau have reached stage which
threatens to embarrass you to an eX-
tent which 1 feel should not call
upon you to suffer, and, as the inves-
tigat ton into the affairs of the bureau
have been completed and, 1 am as
sured, both by yourself and by the
secretary of the interior, contains no
reflection on my integrity as an indi-
vidual or as an officer, 1 heyewith
place my resignation in your hands,
to take effect at your pleasure, to the
end that you may be relieved of any
further embarrassment in the matter.
Very Respectfully yours,
JAMES TANNER, Commissioner.
THE PRESIDENTS REPLY.
EXECUTIVE MANSION, !
WASHINGTON, d. g., Sept. II, 'S9. !
Hon. James Tanner, Commissioner of Pen
siOns
DEAR SIR:-Your letter rendering
your resignation of the office of Com
missioner of Pensions has been re-
ceived, and your resignation is &C
copied, to take effect on the appoint
ment and qualification of your sue
cessor. do not think it necessary in
the correspondence to discuss the
causes which have led to the pres ent
attitude of affairs in the pension office.
You have been kindly and fully adj
vised of my views upon most of these
matters. II gives me pleasure to add
that, so far as am advised, your hon.
esty has not at any time been called
in to question, and beg to renew the
expression of my personal good will.
Very truly yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
Mr.. Tanner has been rendered a
U. S. Marshalship in New York which
he declined. 1t is thought that the
President will appoint him Recorder
of Deeds in this city and that he will
accept the appointment, although
some of his friends say that he will
not again accept office under the
present administration.
Secretary Noble declines to at pres
ent make public either the report of
the commission which investigated
the Pension office or his correspon-
dence with Commissioner Tanner,
but they are certain to be brought
out when Congress meets, if not be-
fore, as a CongI essional investi cation
of the whole matter is now inevita BILE.
And it is more than probable that
the republicans will forestall de-
mocratic action by themselves
taking the initiatory steps thereto
Secretary Window has given notice
that he Will receive no more callers
until his annual report is completed.
A ttorney General Miller has gone
to indianapolis to bring his family to
Washington. He expects to return
about the first of October.
Letters received here from all sec
tions of the country show that four
holding the Worlds Exposition of
hi fnt,