The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-10-24
TANNER TANS HIM,
Once More Does the Ex-COmmis-
siOner Of Pensions Have His
Brief Little Say.

WASHINGTON, Oct 2O-Ex- Comm ssioner
tanner Is out tonight in long statement
in reply to Secretary Mobiles lie teI OF July
~ on the sui jet OF Teratng pensions OF
pension office employees. Mr.. Tanner denies
at he outset that he fed Secretary Noble
on the sui ject OF rCratlng or on the question
OF denoninAte authority in the admnlstra-
ton OF the pension burt Il did submit"
Mr. Tanner sayR, "tO him in an unofficial !er-
ter question which arose in my mind az 10
whether the power 20 put TO the test pen
sion which might be under suspicion Of hav-
ing been granted in excess rests in the hands
OF the secretary or Of the commissioner,
ana quoted 10 him the section OF the Re-
vsed Statutes which had raised that question
in my mind; put in submitting that question
to the secretary for his decision, did it in
the most cour, eous and respectful. manner
of which / was capable" In this unofficial
letter, which is given ont for pub location,
and which refers to number of rera'ed pen
sion cases of clerks IN the pension office, the
ex- commissioner says:
I d. not propose i'll any event, to Eavs IN
honorable lifetime sHltrched in the siightc5. do
gree at TINS period OF my existence, and WncT"
may find we'll founded reasons for believing
tha5 have been imposed upon and mls.,H
shall be quick to recommend the condemnation
mcrlt"d by the pa;t!CS concerned. | simply Cc-
| sire 10 ADD furthermore that since our ln'rT-
~ t@sC a %, 'T
predecessor, an, | find that the comparison Is
en- rely favorable to the present administration.
W. nHppg F 'ee cases oeaoie So" d.
AS TO RERATIEG
c-roo+ ,.~,..,I,,;1 cs.-. w. ,..,,0
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49, .., ~ . tIa ..
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60, 49,, -. .!
,+4i,o 1890 49,, L4 y 49, n,oI 90
1uSr rot,,,.r:1, a,ao.,,'1 'i'h
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I.nI.s thor, oss,st",,r s(D,rot,I,,. - +bo -
t,.ro. ,,,bo j., ,bc ~ (r,,orIa, vo+so,,
IN Lrood ,or,r,s doo1orad.
.Tt - .,!',,?.., $780,, .,... 9
| March 3 1870 the oyrcars of nIn.ion were not
! graded according to the pensioners DISABILITY,
hcIheI section !. o'9 . no: any other proVl"lon
rto rInjnr,t, ,,tarti ,,,. -, ,,,rt tor
! nension y, occo,,c+ of sn,etrol,.. h,,r no
m,da M ,I.i,n for tbo+ dis,bi nr,,I If
teen vaors oftor Fl. diechoroo Mr. InrLs
states that while no nres,mnuon from the
! E ,rr that no ,,,.da M ,,leir, for nonvioo IN
| account nj disability from sunstroLe un1iI
! fifteen wears after his discharge is not in
favor Of the view Tint tine tisahilitv wos
| great still he holds that he should have on
| 0pportuuitv to show the extent of his dis
| ability during that period since his DISCHARGE:
| and he adds if tho evidence shouId show that
! for any norton of the time since his dis
| charoe he has been disabled in a decree
! greater than for which he was Densjoned
! th. mansion for thar narion shonld i've in
creased So n, tn corrasn0pd with the dArrae
of disability The iepal contention leay,
to those eminent p+ntlcmtn Secretary
| Noble and the .a,e Assistant Sc .retary
| jerks, Mr., jerks ruling was lew through
the department until it was revoked. and
must saw that in so far as it permits man
who has been disabled in the service of tie
| countrv IN nrova that ability and reraiva he
! COMPENSATION which the law provides am
in hearty accord with il If SECRETARY Noble
| sees fiji to construe statutes so as to make
them less iii eral TO the soldier than did his
eminent Democratic predecessor the re-
sponsibliity must rest with lin: and I am
not wiling that while so doing b., shall, IN
CHALLENGED. arIaign me as GENERATING without
reason and beyond the pa!e of the law"
AS TO THE 1SvEsT1C,AT1oE
Mr. Tanner then rolo.es the circumstances
nracefi;ng the onnointmont Of the committee
n az
Iea m t1it Con Rnseev told him that the
| secreTorv,s susnioions ware arous.Ad as to the
co-rectnass Of action N tho cases Of ten am-
Moves and ha had hopn instructed to investi-
cate Mr. Tanner said AN rioht p and nlaced
| tho n.nars in nina of tho caSes IN Con Rms
s.1,s +oblo ,vi.bin an bour and ,bosa in ,l,e
REMAINING cases we're esnt over the nevt
| ,ror,;no Ct rba, co,1,I 1ic attention - Mr.
! To,,orsovs ST., ,hn tact that cavarol c,sa,
were disease cases and i. d,d not see,c to me
/ RI ha the ,bing to have 1hpm reviewed. lv 3
non-,nadic,1 man +oIl him os after
wards told S,ore+,rv Nob . +bo+ whan frst
too1, ote,, +ho.o ,,.oo ,,,;,r+,. i'd Of hi,
,oi,,- o,rcr,cr i,,,, rho ,o,,sior ot4ioo cr,ir,,
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| +:e,o r~ocd wow, oooos ,,.o,, orosegd ~, my
| o,,I .+o,-;,,, +bo+ So +hor, +bor
auc~b1r i,,,h,,od with III. hoIiaf of what We
loS o,,-,,.o,ool j., ,Lo woes cl ~, tbo o+,,,,,
| =; 49, 1,+, oo,,,,,.icr, &c 70 tho ros,rio+i,,,
| ,,o1io,~ 80 ~, ,,onsi0n o+4ioo IN tho eoI,;io,
| o1n;,,... orl ,b,, 7 had .borrb+ .bs+ until
| I f,;1;- ,.i4h +h ,.,-I,., >f ~,
hI,r~n,, eo Ionrr nc I r,1rs,,od tbn rrootic,
80 &c.,, f,,,,7, ~. ,,,,i,, 90 ,,,rio,a, j., ~,
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~ [1oira +oo Ir,,ob A,d So ,hor ~,
,or1o,,oI a,to,,tio,, ,,,os rco,,os+aa 80 4is
a aost, onso I>,aS IN tha nohit of c,IIino ~
n,,,+har 80 10 ,,,.1iooI ,1i,.isio,, 81
49, th, 20 m .bro,,crb cha oo,o tho,o,,,r,l,,
nnd 80 ai,,o mo ,loir on1nior 80 - ,Ybot
"n[rht - i,a,ioo 80 40 r. = WIS Loo,
'1.t: 1oIIo1, ,,,;,,o, 80 ,a,,,- e.
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Pot atotoa +IIo+ ~ 49, ,oa,, ,,1is,od
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49, ,roroli ,t,t ,r $500 j., +;,-,s
atnd,., +broe ~ 80 hast ,n.,,1f,n1 -, -
49,, ,,., oo,,ld oo,r,,, ~, ~,
49,. a,oo. T., ,ho roc, o,d lot ,bo,, o+,nG -
fo,l on thai verdict Bussev arreed with M
o+ tho tirne IN tho odvisohiIitv of ,,ursuin,
that course INT heord no1hinp abont i: fo
so.,o +ir,o y ~ g,,nror s,vs ha Mt Oro
7"'o 1o