Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-13
TANNER is IND0RSED.
Local Grand Army Men Are With the
Gallant Corporal Every Time.
MAJOR DEKNISTON CONSERVATIVE.
The Veterans Think the Commissioner Has
Been Badly Treated.
HIS GOOD CAMPAIGN WORK SET ASIDE

The resignation of Corporal Tanner as
Commissioner OF Pensions, and which, as
intimated bv the telegraphic dispatches, has
been forced one. owing to the differences
between Secretary Noble and the valiant
Corporal, has occasioned considerable COM
ment among the veterans of Pittsburg. Some
condemn Corporal Tanners lack OF dlscre-
tiou, while others are outspoken in proclaim
ing that because he fearlessly supported the
rights of old soldiers it was thought he be-
came distasteful to the generation Whlch mas
risen since the close of the war
Major Joseph F. Denniston said: L dis
aoree with some of the bows on this sub
iect as we'll as some others. l think there
was fault on both sides. Commissioner Tan
ner was. in nv opinion, indiscreet He is
one of those men who stir up hornets nest
for the purpose of hearing the buzzing,
when he could just as we'll step over it and
save the trouble He has not shown the
discretion he should have done in conduct
ing the business of the Office. He might
have gone quietly about it and done all the
work he has without attracting attention by
loud speeches, but his big, warm Irish heart
and impulsiveness drew the fire of his enc
mics before he accomplished what he had
intended.
NOT TRANSGRESSED THE LAW.
'From what know of him and what he
said to me at the Milwaukee Encampment
think he has not in any sense transgressed
the law, nor compromised the old soldiers.
Still, there is a conservative element IN the
Grand Army which looks below the 'hur-
rah,' and believes in quiet, effective work
done in a manner not TO make 1t an object
of too much public attention and consequent
chance for fault-fnding.
"Witb regard to Warmers possible sue
cession to the office, from what l know of
him l think he would make an excellent
man for the place."
Major A. P. Burchfeld-'I think Tanner
has been a good deal imposed upon. If the
Government or Congress does not wish to
live up TO the present pension laws, it had
better say so or else make new ones. There
are some things that told against Tanner,
for instance the rerating of the men in his
own office anG Senator Manderson, of Ne
braska. They were in no particular hurry,
and plenty of poor fellows were lying in
soldiers homes or far worse places in abso-
lutte need and fully as much entitled to con-
sideration as the men who are in good posi-
tions. They did the same duty and needed
the increase more. He chose a bad time for
considering the other cases. but that is all.
have every confidence, however, in Tan
ner's integrity and good faith, and think he
has been badly treated
HE is WITH TANNER.
Captain Crosby Gray-Pm with Tanner;
1 cant 90 back on the corporal. 1 think
some OF the people who are considering the
pensions ought TO take into account the
frights the fellows got even before they were
wounded, and the consequent wear and tear
on their systems. I'm with Tanner every
time.
Out of some 25 others seen the sentiment
of the rank and file was said to be entirely
with Tanner. One said: "It is square
backdown of the Administration from the
position taken before the national election
on the platform of either party relative to
the soldier. Why Tanner got nearly enough
Democratic soldier votes in Indiana to turn
the State through his work. The Democratic
soldier votes of New York, which were won
over for the soldier candidate of President,
might have made New York an awkward
fight if cast with their influence on the other
side. The big dogs may be against Tanner
through jealousy, but the boys are with
him. He never did or said thing since
he took Office that he had not already pro-
claimed on the stump. 1t is just a case of
before and after election, that is ALL
The general view of Warner, as taken bv
the boys, is that he is a good soldier and an
able man, but he is politician, and has not
got the "hurrah," which, so essential in war
DAYS, appears to have fallen into disuse in
the piping times of peace.