San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-09-24
The Daily Eight.
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER "a, 1889.
TALK ABOUT TANNER.

Tannerism was chiefly the product
of Tanners mouth. That will go with
Tanner. But where Tannerism IN
spirit and action was reasonable and
fair, it will remain. - Philadelphia
Press (Rep.) September is.
The Presidents removal of Tanner
doesn't take Tannerism out of the Re-
publican administration. 1t was there
before Tanner was appointed. - Alta
ia Constitution Dem. September l6.
"The old soldiers need have no fear
or anxiety that the accepted policy OF
the Republican party on pension mat
tiers is to be changed. The only
change will be from one friend to an
other, as the instrument tor carrying
out that policy, with this difference,
that the second friend can supplement
his friendship by larger business abil-
ity and better qualifications for the
place than could the other."-Iowa
State Register (Rep), September 10.
"Tanner was frothy and reckless in
his utterances, defiant even to insub-
ordination to his superiors, and pulled
the Treasury throttle wide open to all
sorts of fraudulent and shameful
claims upon its funds. The worthy
and brave wounded Union soldier was
rapidly being placed upon level
with the bummers around the suffers
tent who had the nerve to trump up
claim of lity."-Denver News
Dem.), September 10.
Neither parsimony nor reck lessness
is desirable in the disbursement of
money for pensions. The golden mean
lies between the Cleveland policy
and the policy of Mr.. Tanner.-Wash-
ington Press Rep, Sept. II.
Any Commissioner of Pensions who
continues Tanners policy of looting
the Treasury will be pursued and con-
demned exactly as he was, and any
administration that sustains him In it
will be turned out. A halt has been
called in the distribution of largess.
st. Louis Republic DEM, Sept. 10.
There is no reason to fear that the
change In the head Of the pension
bureau will prove detrimental in any
way to any of the veterans who are
entitled to pensions. 1t is the fixed
purpose of the republican party to
take good care of ali the old soldiers
who may need the assistance of the
government, and that purpose will be
faithfully eXecuted.-Denver Repub-
lican CRep.) September 10.
Pension commissioners may come
and pension commissioners may go,
but the surplus smashing goes on
forever-at least that is the motto of
the present administration. But
then the politics of the present adj
ministration will 90 on only until
March 4, 1S93.-Kansas City Times
Dem. September 10.
The man who had charge of Mr..
Tanners mouth is primarily and
solely responsible for all the corpor-
abs oubles.-Omaha Bee (Rep.)
September 10,
The successor of Tanner should be
a man of business capacity as well as
one with a sincere affection for
disabled soldiers. II matters little
whether he can make TOusing speech
es at reunions or not, so long as he
gives pensions promptly to those who
deserve them and denies pensions
with equal promptness to those who
do not. The nations liberal-handed
rewards to disabled veterans must
not be thrown away but must be
given out with discrimination. The
Tanner system will not be endured
by the people. Chicago News Ind.
September Is.