The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1889-10-24
aEcREIAhY noaLE,s pEnLY
To the Communication fEsm oommissisAsF
TAhnaT Resolved IN JaIy Last


TAHnsF Resolved In Jaly Last
WAaHRGToS, Oct 10. -Aeorstary
Mobiles reply 10 tho communication
from Commissioner Tanner received on
the ] th Of last July, Ia which tho latter
raised the question OF authority between
tho commissioned, aud the secretary In
| deciding reratel pension oase6, was
given 10 the press last night, Secretary
Mobiles leltsr saysl "Ihe power claimed
by tho commissioner Of pensions IA hia
lettAr Of July II does not exist 10 tho
extent claimed by him, but IL Is tho
law that tho secretary has the power "
lake direction when 10 his knowledge
abuses Rra developed Ia Casei OF the
nature Of those that have called Tor the
inquiry have instituted as regards tho
commissioners action In certain cases
that are called 'reratng Gassa, but
which seem 10 be largely mere increases
OF pensions allowed for long periods
prior 10 tho date Of the examining sur
geon's certificate establishing tho same
under the pendng claim Tor Increase
''ln your letter you acknowledge tlfem
10 be cases nf Increase Of pensions for
the very statute you cite In your letter
40 comforting on you alone the power 10
call a halt, Hpeaka only Of the Increase
or reduction IT pensions, and section
4,0ps l'e distinctly says such Increase
shall not extend prior 10 tho certificate
OF the surgeon under tho pending claim
Tho special Gases
These cases referred 10, and about
which we spoke together, were ten In
number la each one OF these tho
claimant was an emplOye (elark or
other OF tho pension bureau, receiving
q salary aulleIcnt for hia comfortable
subsistence aud NJ hls work daily, They
were associated together most Of them
had been In th6irplacea under the former
administration, but thay dIl not then
prefer their clalmai they made them soon
after the advent OF tho present admlnla-
tratl0n, There waR no reason und0r tho
existing rules that their cases should be
made special or ruAhed through In adj
vance OF all 0thera, On the contrary
there was then, and had been Tor some
years, u printed rule la full force that no
cases should be made special, eXcupt in
cases of destImtan or when tho applI.
cant was 40 tho point OF death, Het
Nl'NN NNlNN WNlN wv NNlAA'N NNlNNkN uN
your 0rdor, while hundreds Of Thousands
Of other pensioners were awaiting
throughout tho land tho allowance for
the first tm0 Of the bounty tho govern,
lnent has promised them,
Those other pension claimants we're,
many Of thom, supported by no such
salaries ~ those particular men were 10,
oelying, and the association together OF
these men, whereby this preference In
time seema ~ have been secured aud the
subsequent allowance obtained, N in
itself a fact that cauaen suspicion Of un-
due means 10 obtain their object, and
that their purpose was tO Impose upon
the commissioner The further fact ap,
pears Ia each case, tho increase was al
lowed prior 10 the surgeons certificate
In the pending claim and that tho sums
allowed aggregate over $4,000
Hitting Hin On tho Knuckles.
After anayglng some II these and
other similar oaaea upon which the 500.
retary sayl he proposes 10 call halt
long enough at least for inspection, addal
ut may DO that this government h
strong and great and has NJ his com.
mand u surplus that no other nation has
ever had, but u sums Of monoy 10 tho
amounts above mentioned may be- grant.
cd without any further consideration Of
fact or law than ae0mg 10 have been
given In thelo cases, u will depend solely
upon q single oillcer'a disposition
whether tho resources ot the government
shall he aulllelcnt for Ia maintenance or
not There are more than enough Of
these applications already In the field,
and increasing daily, 10 exhaust, In,
deed, the surplus Of which NO much has
been said IN connection with thia mat.
ter and am informed that tho applica.
ti0na for rcratng arc greatly on tho In.
crease, and now reach the amount OF
from seven 10 eight thousand n week,
do not aak nor doaIre, 10 far aa am con-
ccrned, u ro'oxaminatlon OF the appli.
oanHi but what | insist upon ~ that
there shall bo c.eonsidcrtion OF these
allowances on the record, aud that any
further allowances for them that may
bc made shall DO made IN the course Of
proceedings upon now application aud
new evidence, aud without any advance
ment Of tho cases before those Of othora
equally mortorIous"