Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1889-10-03
TANNER WRITES DAlzELL
THE EX-ooMMISsIONER' PEN rs
WORSE THAN his MOURN.
P.S...-DON'T SHOW THIS LETTER
"IE THE OHIO BOYS ACoUIESoE I'M
IN THE SOUP.D



ST. LOUIS, Sept. 26.-A special to the Re-
public, from Caldwell Ohio, gives the toll
lowing letter, which explains Itself:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, BUREAU or
PENSIONS, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER, WASH
ISdToH, y. q, Sept 10. 1889 Gohidentiab; 10
] have yours of the 18th. ! think / have read
all that has been printed as coming from your
los or pen. For your crcat warmth ui good
feeling thank you from the bottom OF my
heart. And now once for ALL about the deputy
ship. want to say 10 You that the President
never said one word 10 ME about you. | eau
not come out and say that publicly: you must
not quote IL: but It rs Gods truth. The one 10
pointed first deputy WIS from Mobiles state,
and lad lost two limbs. OfcoGrsa, ! cOuldu'G
kick. | Imagine that your koen aye hils
caused you to discern that you
temrlatng the effect in Ohio of two things
recently done in the Pension ofIlce. When
say recently, mean since ! practically went
out, for, while am commissioner, md will he
until my successor is appointed and qualities,
J am taking no part IN the Duties Of the Office,
holding myself on leave. While commissioner
issued two orders which ! thought, and still
think, were mighty good ones. FIRST, that tho
Sjtill men on The pension roll at less than 81 a
month should all, unless they had had u medi-
cAl examination within n year, be ordered for
examination before their home board, with a
view 10 putting ihem up atleast = per month
pension or drop them of the rolls; for It was
and is my opinion that for a man who is
worthy OF amy pension ut all, dollar a week Is
small enough 10 consider pension. My second
order was that thereafter, in the settlement of
II pension claim, tho word Of u private, IL he
wns a man Of good character and standing,
should amount TO as much in tho settlement
of claim as the word OF man vino had, per-
hgps worn tho shoulder straps Of a second
lieutenant.
Ihr acting commissioner revoked both
| these ordnts, according To the Washington
| fost and other papers, but, as he in man who
dare not say his soul is his OWN, he did Ii under
| the instruction Of Noble or Bussey. am told
10 Iaf. rsttN EfV,fy ff,1r
| decision In small pension cases has been re-
! scindcd, but you can sec what the spirit Is.
| How under heavens name are they going tn
| make the boys believe that thero is TO be no
| change in the Policy?
| Smith also issued an orler stopping all re-
i ratings He did moi object to il until afteI I
| had rerated MIN and put him up To sT2 for tho
| loss of his arm and leg, thereby putting fB,nS5
1 in his pocket | held, and still hold, that he
i temptible that a man who had had that done
/ for him, and who had aclutgscad cordially in
| his own case. should now be so pronounced
| against the rerating OF poor devils who ner-
| haps, from the effects OF malarial poisoning.
/ chronic diarrhTn or some disease of TINT
| kind suffer twice as much as IL man does
/ from amputation? | want to say TO ynjl
| that did not resign until the President and
| the secretary had both said to mo in tho
| same minute that the completed report Of the
| Investigating committee. which lay before
| them, contained no word which could impeaclI
| the honesty pf my action in the slightest de-
| gree Then had TO consider whether was
| man enough 10 lefllle To commune IN pDS-
| tion whore | knew my immediate oiiicial SUI
pefiorsS aiu not desire me, even concedlng that
al trme. ihave not t. sl,rhfcst u5iibf u hnt mi
| that would have been removed ii | mad NOT
| resigned; in fact, know it. Noble had cer-
tainiy pronounced his ultinlatum 10 be my
mead or his rcsgnatlon, ana q COURSE, a break
snn ,,reatIv "ouiu ii'No hrri-
Now thaf + bnve the comn,etod ro,,or, cnJ
have gone through il rarefliiy nnI tboroutniy'
say to you, as one whose good opinion value,
that nll under heavens they ran charge ma
Win Is TOO much liberality and too much speed
i,n sne i,si gfttns r. pelsi,ns' lhihk you WI
and we o Sc uu ~ ~, y
take more than sS momths Of INV I time II 10 T%t pins
it up to d decent average. 80
OF the future know nothing. II the boys,
and particularly those in Ohio, acquiesce, why
TT IT. y sue TO sny mat Tanner VIII be LEFT where
,iT me ,s.i, the SOUP. Among tht promotions an-
is thpt of H,rrspu no. 1.e f tgi, uGtore Ia iss
melnber Of tho board Of Pension Smneais in
the secretary s ofre, 1T S2.0GG Il year. lie had
been detailed for duty in the scGrctary's oiIire
Tor some months, and was appointed by the
pr'itbtAg 'AA''t tllN 'pittll79lbU WHICH luNeS-