, 1889-09-26
Tht at'rrklp Atgns.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
NO EXTRA SESSION OF CON
GRESS.
T.nn.r.. and Other Matters.

Tanner Rem ~ al ana otuCF hdtttTH.
The resolve Of the president aud his
advisers to dispense with al extra scs-
sioE at this time Is a cause OF disapp. lot
ment III Washington. This arises not
merely from the selfish consideration
that the city Is more full Of life When
congress is in session but from knOWl-
edge OF the methods of congress derived
from a close view OF that body, which is
denied TO many other communities. We
realize here, as II chDDOt be FeGliGed at
distance how long and tedious Rn
operation II Is To organize the house
and get it iuto running order, and what
an interval must necessarily elapse, in
ease OF a December meeting, before the
real business ut the session can te
reached: As the capital OF the natiou II
Washington has direct interest in Sc
curing q session 0t its local Legislature
long snouGh to accomplish something.
Every other part OF the country has it's
own representatives to speak for 1t. But
the district must trust to the good will
Of few members Who plead its Cause,
not as their Cwn, but as an advocate
supports a friends or cliansis interests.
TIE qfisis ia the Tanner case was
Tsached shortly after midnight on We'd
no>day, sept. l1th. The president had
been psrple1ed and annoyed 10y tue 10
eTeaslnG cumpheatiaHs il the case until
ho Was worn out. Shortly after 10 O'Clock
the matter being still unsettled, he went
10 bed aud the white house was closed
for the night Sometime after mid night
Marshal Ramsdell reached the white
house, having Commissioner Tanners
EpSisnatios, which had heeR very relact-
sutly given. In deciding the Tame
case, the president went through the
most trying experience be has had sir ce
his entrance to the white house, he
wAs CALLED Hpou to ehoUse between a
sAbinet officer aud tue commissioner Of
pensions, and lie was confronted with
AeEings eGibGFrass tnent ANY Way he might
turn. This affair has, from first 10 last, ,
been a source of serious perpitxity tn the
presidrut. = II has beeD pushed back
from time to time in hopes "f quiet ad-
jusiment OF the differences between Sec
rotary Noble and Commissioner Tanner.
1t was hoped that criticism would soon
blow itself cut and that the whole mai
ter could no longer be postponed.
1t remains nov hut TO choose a sue
eessof to Mr.. Tanner as commissioner of
pensions and to determine whether or
not Mr.. Tanner i 10 get kpy other ap-
hoiptpsnt. TIE pension commission
ship ID one OF the bsst p aces at the dis
position OF the administration. aud New
York does not want to lose it. At the
same time il seems important that some
prominent Grand Army man should be
put in Tanuer's place. In this coDnec-
O ton, Maj. VIM. Warner, OF Missouri,
has been summoned to Washington and
will be here to-day. And have it on
good authority that he has been offered
the POST of comm issioner OF pc 1sions.
"Thers is no such rush for Office as
most psopl Think" said treasury Of
fcial the other day as bo sampled his
lunch. II don't meau by this that there
is no one asking for places, but the
beads Of departments are not being
hHred near 40 much az they have been
in the past. OF cnurse 1 understand
that there are bat few eongroasmeD
in the city, bnt aside from that there
il no such demand for places as
you may think for. | think the people
are coming to the &C nclusion that this
thing ne holding Office is DO: blessing
aiter sll, and are satishei to let veil
enough alnue. There have been cumpar-
atively few changes in our division,
and the prospects are that there will be
but few 10 the future"
One 1T the institutions Of Washington
N the mneh-abused jolly old herdio
chsches which run on Pennsylvania
avenue. They are. after all. the most
sOusenient Of vehicles beeaaas they are
90 sbhginG; wall cruss the street for you.
take any numGer "f passengers and do
lit MI 10 a good -uatured sort of a way
that makes ore think OF the old-time
omnihu<. The drivei is frequently the
smiling ceutrr "t group of market
baskets. with lively chickens for COM
p ny. ben, too. in the present state OF
t'enn.yisaniu avenue. with it's paVements
; Torn mp im the general fail re-arrRnge-
tnuui winch ihe .pital is row undergo
iDR, there is nnilii,.Y better Tor d chronic
case 81 dyspepsia than a ride in q herdic
from th- Peace monument TO the treas
nry. 1t gives Vue just the exercise nee
rss"P-
A Unval lieutenant is quoted 81 say
iBZ that "w4r ships uced not be very
last" Ia vi If the receDt experiences
in our rejuvenate'i navy obviously not
and he might have adird with equal
appositeness that naval off ,ers need mol
beSery good sailors The uuities ougai
20 be preserved