The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-04
TANNER WHITES A LETTER

Corporal Tanner Writea . Letter to Pr.
waite Dals~U About the Tendon Once
Middle.
81. LOUIS Sept ia special to the
Republic, from Caldwell O., gives the FOL.
lowing letter which explains itself. 1ts
authenticity 10 fully vouched for:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
laf WASHINGTON, Sept. 10, lsSS.
Hon. j. N Dalzei, CdtdsceU, o.:
My Dear Daizell: I have yours Of the 18th. I
think have read all that has been printed as
coming from your lips or pen. For your great
warmth Of good feeling thank you from the
bottom Of my heart
And now, once for sll about the deputyship
I want to say to you that the President never
said one word to me about you. can not come
out and say that publicly; you must not quote
1t: but il is Gods truth. The enc appointed
first deputy was from Mobiles State and had
lost two limbs OF course, 1 could not kick.
imagine that your keen eye has caused you
to discern, and that you are contemplating the
effect in Ohio of two things recently dope in the
Pension once. When say recently, mean
gince I practically went out for. while / am
Commissioner, and will be until my successor
Ii appointed and qualities, am taking no part
In the duties OF the ONCE, holding my own
leave. While Commissioner issued two or
ders which I thought and still think, are
on the pension roll at less than a a month
should all, unless they had had medical ex-
animation within o year, be ordered for ex.
animation before their home board, with
Q view to putting them up at least II per month
pension or drop them of the roll; for it was and
is my opinion that for a man who Is worthy Of
any pension at all, 81 . week is small enough to
consider pension. Ny second order was that
thereafter in the settlement Of pension claim
q 49, 80 ho xroc nrr,au off,
standing and character, should amount to as
much in the settlement Of the claim as the
word Of the man who had perhaps worn the
shoulder straps of q Second Lieutenant. The
Acting Commissioner revoked both Of these or
dcrs. according to the Washington Post and
other papers, but as he is q man who dare not
say his soul is his own, he did it under the direc-
ton OF Noble or Bussey.
am told this afternoon that the order re-
voking my decision Of the small pension cases
has been rescinded, but you can see what the
spirit is; and how, under heavens, are they 60
ing to make the boys believe that there is to be
no change in the policyf -.
Smith also issued an order stopping all rerat-
ings He did not object ia. 1t until after had
rerated him and put him up to a72 for the loss
Of his arm and leg, thereby putting s6,o3o In his
pocket. 1 held. and still hold, that he was
clearly entitled to It; but ID it not contempti-
d
who acquiesced in it cordially in his own case
should now be so pronounced against the rerat-
ing Of poor devils who, perhaps from the effects
Of malaral poisoning. chronic diarrhea, or some
disease of that kind. suffers twice as much as a
man does from amputation?
Iwant to say to you that I did not resign un-
I'll the President and the Secretary had both
said to me in the same minute that the COM
pleted report of the investigating committee,
L;.hr .,, hot t.nvv und M
which would impeach the honesty Of my action
in the slightest degree Then had to consider
whether was man enoughto decline to con-
tinue in q position where knew my immediate
Official superiors did not want me, even con-
ceding that could stay against their wishes,
which Is not at oil true. have not the slightest
doubt but that would have been removed II
had not resigned; In fact know IL. Noble had
certainly pronounced his ultimstum to be my
head or his resignation, and, Of course, break
in his Cabinet would have embarrassed Harri-
son greatly. -..Ia
Now that have completed the report and
have gone through it carefully and thoroughly,
say to you as one whose good opinion value.
that all under the heavens they can charge me
with is too much liberality and too much speed
in the granting Of pensions. think you will
agree with me that we have had impecuniosity
and procrastination enough. SO that it would
take more than six months OF my time to bring
it up to a decent average. .f.# y....
OF the future know nothing. II the boys,
and particularly those in Ohio, acquiesce, why,
1t is safe to say that Tanner will be left where
he is-in the soup.
Among the promotions announced in the
Pension ONCE night before last il that of Har-
rison L. Bruce, OF Colorado, to be q member Of
the board Of pension appeals in the Secretary's
office at e 900 year. He had been detailed for
dufv IN the secret a rvs 0f1ca for some months