The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-09-19
CORPORAL TANNER oUr.
ARa6ieal Difference Bstwssn The Corporal and
Secretary Noble One Or the Chief Causes.

Radical Differences Bstwssn The Corporal ana
Secretary Noble One Of the Chief Caases.
Corporal James Tanners resignation as
commissioners Of pensions is in the hands Of
President Harrison. Its acceptanceis merely
matter of time. Deputy Commissioner
Smith has been designated 10 act as com
missioner until q successor to Mr.. Tanner ia
appointed.
Mr. Tanner objected to summary removal,
and while Mr.. Noble was at the white House
thecorporal was sent Tor and upon his arrival
the report Of the Investigating commission
was read and he Was informed why he was
sonensive q Objectionable as the head Of
the pension bureau. There has never been
the best OF feeling between the secretary and
she commissioned. Mr.. Noble has not ap-
prove the methods of the commissioner
and has been irritated by the latter's
!ndiscretions. Resides, there has often times
been O. conflict Of authority, the COM
missioner asserting that the secretary had
NO right to interfere in certain matters that
appertained strictly to the pension bureau.
The III feeling has been constantly growing,
and " became apparent that either the sec.
Rotary or the Commissioners must 90. These
points We're explained at length to the COM
missioner at The conference, and an effort
made to reconcile, him to the situation. A.
considerable portion of the time at the
White House was taken up in trying to find
a place that would'be acceptable to Mr.. Tan
$ner; The marshalship Of the Southern district
cocks consent to the disposal of that Office
having been gained. There was also a sug-
gestion OF other places, including the regis
tership of the treasury, thought ia not sure
that this was offered. Other places outside
Of Washington were suggested, but were
aRurned by the thoroughly angersd corporal.
the pension.commissionership but Mrs Tans
ner objects to leaving Washington. She
says they have leased q house for three
years; that two daughters are here in public
service and two sons are attending the uni
versity, and it would be most i~nconvenient
to leave the city. It is the intention
thing for him that will be satisfactory %
that his virtual dismissal will not leave him
stranded. 1t is probable that the acceptance
Of his resignation will not be an.
bounced until . place has been
found for him. in case he will accept
some other position. Some Of Mr.. Tanners
haeads assert that he will open q pension
Office N Washington and present the claims
OF his old comrades who are looking for pen
sions.
There are already numerous candidates
Tor the place. The past Ave months have
sho that o business man is wanted at the
head Of go important q bureau as the PEN
lack Of actual business ability, coupled
with his indiscreet habit of talk
ing freely, that led to the present disagree
able imbroglio. His removal is on charges
of ineficiency and indiscretion based on his
action in making special a large number OF
pension cases, on the action of ZONE OF his
subordinates in making reratings for each
other, and on the speeches and interviews
credited to the commissioner in the newspa-
pers, and whose authenticity be has not de-
MED. The commission Investigating the re-
ratings in the ofice a sreported from time to
time to the secretary OF the Interior the
discovery of the Wholesale rerating among
the employees of the Office, to the partial ex-
ciusion OF other pensioners. The men who
insisted upon Tanners appointment are
to blamet than the unfortunate corporal,
for they who knew him best should not have
urged him for q place requiring careful bust
ness training and keen executive ability.
III 10 the sentiment OF the Republicans
who have discussed the matter during the
past few days, and in selecting Mr.. Tanners
successor great care will be taken to avoid
the mistake made when he was appointed.
a United Press dlspatchfrom Washington
says that its representative was authorized
BY the president to state that Commission
Tanner had not been removed. and that he
AAU6 AOu u6Acu tII0 COIuWl6SlO0efS ToSlQ-
nation" and that COMMISSIONS Tanner de.
clined to talk about the imbroglio further
than to say What he had not been suspended
and hadnot resigned. Maj. William Warner
10 reported to have left Kansas City last
night for Washington in response to q
telegram from the president or
secretary of the interior asking him if he
would accept the position of commissioner
OF pensions, to succeed CommissionerTann
in event the latter should be removed. The
ington on the subject says: "PresidentHar
rison has received the resignation of James
W Tanner as commissioners of pensions. In
his letter conveying the resignation it is said
the commissioner writes that he recognizes
THAT difierenees exist between himself and the
secretary of the interior respecting the adj
ADMINISTRATION Of the pension bureau, and that
those differences being radical, in the inter
est OF q thoroughly satisfactory admin.
stration of the office, he sho uld resign.