Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-08-30

campment was in effect the serving of notice on the administration that Tanner must be given carte blanche in his raid on the surplus and that nothing must be done to disturb his tenure of the pension commissionership. It is severe refiec- tion alike on the Grand Army and the administration of President Harrison. Corporal Tanners methods in the pen sion office are now a matter of investi- gation by commission appointed by Secretary Noble. It is matter of com mon report at Washington that men employed in the bureau have had their cases made special, certain favored pen sion attorneys have been allowed pre- cedence in the adjustment of cases brought by them, and favored pen sioners like Senator Manderson have been looked after and their pensions re- l rated, while less influential attorneys and their clients have had to stand back and wait. Reratings have been made contrary to law and in violation of all precedent, until it seemed that the year ly pension payments would exceed the amount paid for the expense of main taining the vast standing army of Ger many. And yet, with all these things heralded in the public prints and ban- died from mouth to mouth throughout the country with even republican or gans calling a halt in the extravaganza of Tanners methods, and the admins tration almost beside itself with chagrin and dismay at the blatant attitude of the corporal, the Grand Army encampment has seen fit to forestall what one of the speakers at Milwaukee termed ''an in- vestigation by his friends and in effect to serve notice on the administration | that Tanner must be allowed to do as he pleases, even if every dollar of the na- tional surplus should be needed to meet his extravaganza His methods are ac- ceptable to the Grand Army, and that is enough; they must be accepted by the | administration. Tanner must be kept in | OlllCC, AO uo" O1LCAIo1NS lAC Ahoy
 be to his superiors or however danger
 ous he may be to the safety of the nation
 al finances. He fought in the war he has
 reached prominence in the Grand Army,
 and for that he must be looked after by this republican administration. Truly
 it is a pretty state of things for the ad-
 ministration, a pitiable spectacle that
 the Grand Army makes of itself. How
 President Harrison must fume and fret
 when, immediately following the cleo
 tion of General Alger to a position
 which he intends making a vantage
 ground to contest with him the honors
 of the next republican national conven- tion, comes this undisguised whack at
 his administration! How Secretary Noble must vince under the lash that is
 laid on to him by the Grand Army!
 Verify the Grand Army encampment
 has brought little comfort to the repub-
 lican party and the administration of
 President Harrison.
 T We think the Grand Army would
 have gained more credit for itself and
 insured better reeI1ng TOT Tanner had il
 kept silent with regard to him. What
 ever the members of this organiza
 tion may think, the people at large
 are beginning to believe that the
 republic has taken to itself
 as much of the burden o1
 gratitude as it ought to be expected to bear with regard to the old soldiers They think that an annual payment o1
 S92, ,OO0, ,000, with the immediate pros pect os an increase to S1OO, ,O00 ,O0O and, Ii z Tanner should have his way, an increas'
 beyond the widest dreams of !; modern Monte Cristo, is straining thu gratitude of the nation almost to tn, , tension point. And they are not likely , to feel more kindly to the old soldier. when they are told in effect that Tanner F is doing the work in way, that is ac
 ceptable to them, even if it be death tt the administration that is responsible fol him.
 Tanner is endorsed by the Grand Army but the Grand Army are not tn, people. The people of this country ar' $ heartily sick of Tanner. And so ther, t is every reason to believe are Presiden Harrison and the leaders of the republi
 can party.
 Tom Daly, the Washington catcher, is no = reserved for next season. He Is working 5 for a record. His playing has been the bes s in his baseball career.
 P If the spectators at the ball park had tc
 face the sun as the outfelders do there would be less grooming when fly hit i! l dropped.-Chicago Herald.
 ) If Comiskey's injuries are severe and tn,