Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-13
WASHINGTON CULLINGS.
Corporal Tanners Removal CAUSES a
Sensation in Washington.
AN INTERVIEW WITH HALFORD
Presidential Appointments-Po
clans Anxious about Tan
ner's Successor.

/ hCE > SuCCcSSOT.
| ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REeoRp-uN1oS.l
| TANNERS OPINION.
| He will be Transferred TO Another and
as Valuable Position.
| WASHINGTON, September I2th.-What
position Tanner will get is being discussed
here. Two places have been picked ont for
him by the gossips-the United States
| Marshal for the Southern District of New
| York and Register of the Treasury. Tanner
is reported as being very reluctant to return
to Brooklyn.
1t is said both General Alger and Gov
| ernor Foraker telegraphed Mr.. Tanner not
to resign.
General Sherman does not think the re.
moval of Corporal Tanner will affect the
! allegiance of the G. A. r. either one way
or the other, as it was too sensible a body
OF men to question any acts of the Presi-
dent.
NOTHING OFFICIAL.
WASHINGTON, ,Septem Der 18th -NoofficiaI
announcement of the acceptance ofCommis-
| sioner Tanners resignation has yet eman-
ated from the White House, and Private
| Secretary Halford this morning said that
he could say nothing on the subject 1t is
not unlikely that the acceptance will be
| delayed until successor is determined
| upon.
TEXT OF TANNERS LETTER.
| WASHINGTON, September 12th.-The fol-
| lowing letter has just been given out at the
| White House:
| DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
| BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
| WASHINGTON %. C) September II, 1889
| To the President: The differences which exist
between the Secretary OF the Interior and ms
| self as TO the policy TO be pursued in the ad-
| ministration of the Pension Bureau have
reached stage which threatens to embarrass
| you to an extent which feel should not call
upon you to suffer- and as the investigation into
| the affairs of the bureau has been completed
| and am assured both by yourself and by the
Secretary of the Interior that it contains no re-
| Election OF my integrity an individual or as
| an officer, herewith place my resignation in
| your hands, to take effect at your pleasure, to
| the end that you may be relieved of any further
| embarrassment in the matter. Very respectfully
| yours, JAMES TANNER, Commissioner
THE PRESIDENT ACCEPTS THE RESIGNATION.
EXECUTIVE Mansion,
| WASHINGTON ID. C.) September 12 1889
| Hon. James Tanner, Commissioner Of Passions
DEAR SIR: Your letter rendering your resigna.
! tion of the Office of Commissioner OF Pensions
| has been received and your resignation is ac-
| cepted, to take effect on the appointment and
| QudllHcdllOn OF your successor. do not think
| it necessary in this correspondence to discuss
causes which have led to the present attitude of
affairs in the Pension Office You have been
| kindly and fully advised of my views upon
| most OF these matters. 1t gives me pleasure to
| add that so far as am advised your honesty
/ has not at any time been called in question, and
! l beg TO renew the expression Of my personal
| good will. Very truly yours,
BENJAMIN HARRISON
1t is intimated that the mention of the
| Registership of the Treasury had much TO
! do with Tanners tender of his resignation.
! 1t seems settled that he will not accept the
Marshalship for the Southern District of
| New York.
PLACE HUNTERS BECOMING NUMEROUS.
| WASHINGTON, September 12th.--Alrea
| the canvass for the place is growing warm
| Senator Hiscock, who is determined to keep
| the place for New York, has telegraphed
Poole, the Pension Agent at Syracuse, who
was competitor with Tanner for the Com
| missionership, to come on as soon as he
| heard of the Presidents determination to
remove the present incumbent. Poole is
| now on the ground and Hiscock is urging
| his appointment. The President is said to
| look very kindly upon General Warner of
| Missouri, late Commander in Chief of the
| Grand Army of the Republic, but Warmers
| late Republican colleague in Congress,
! Wade, says Missouri cannot get the place.
| and that he himself strongly favors the
| appointment of Brown, of Ohio, late Con-
! gresham from the Second district Word
was received here this morning that both
| Illinois Senators are On the way here to
| urge the appointment of their former can
| didate, John R. Martin.
THE RECORDER OF DEEDS FOR TANNER.
WASHINGTON, September 12th.-It is init
| mated by friend of Tanner that he has
| accepted tender of the office of Recorder
| of Deeds for this district, now held by the
| negro Trotter, OF Boston, and appointed by
| Cleveland. The office is worth between
$4,000 and $4,000 per year, and is there
| fore more valuable than the Registryship
| of the Treasury.
The publication to-day of Tanners letter
| of resignation and the Presid ent's letter of
acceptance served to quiet the uncertainty
| excited about the matter, and now the pol
| itiCians are busy with surmises as to Tan
ner's successor, etc. 1t remains now but
| to choose the successor to Tanner as Com
missioner of Pensions and to determine
| whether or not Tanner is to get any other
| appointment.
New York people appear to be divided
| between resentment at Tanners removal
and anxiety that the position shall not be
| lost to New York.
The Pension Commissionership is one of
! the biggest plums of patronage at the dis
! position of the Administration, and New
! York does not want to lose it, at the same
time it seems important that some such
| prominent Grand Army man as Warner, of
| Missouri, should be put in Tanners place
to counteract any evil effect the ousting of
| Tanner might have upon the feelings of the
| Grand Army toward the Administration.
| A dispatch from Kansas City re-
antr- l0nt ,,.,lA fAs, .laNA IT,
| lam Warner has been summoned to Wash
| ington, is confirmed. Major Warner will
be here FRIDAY. He has been offered the
! post of Commissioner of Pensions.
| The moment of anxiety is now caused by
! the uncertainty as to how the old soldiers
/ will receive the news. The announcement
| that General Alger and Governor Foraker
| telegraphed Tanner to stand firm may indi-
cate that they have feelings of resentment
and are disposed to sustain the ex-Commis-
sioner. There is no doubt also that Secre-
tary Tracy feels very keenly the down
| of the man in whom he was interested, but
| it is expected that the affair will soon quiet
down, now that Tanner has resigned.
ANOTHER RESIGNATION PROBABLE.
| 1t is said that now that Tanner is out of
| way determined effort will be made to
! bring about the resignation of Assistant
| Secretary Bussey of the Interior Depart
J ment. He is credited, whether Justly or
| not, with having stirred up the feeling in
! Secretary Mobiles mind which has Just
eliminated and now it is asserted that
clean sweep must be made, and that Bussey
must follow Tanner.
1t is further claimed that unless Secre-
| tary Noble makes a better case against
| Tanner than mere indiscretion in talking,
| it is likely the situation will become I'M
pleasant for him.
Those who profess to be acquainted with
the facts claim that the Secretary has been
| 100 positive in these affairs, and that he
has made up his mind and has refused to
| recognize facts which warranted a differ
ent view of the entire matter.
In tact Secretary Noble is charre6 with