Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1889 — Rebuking Tanner. [ARTICLE]

Rebuking Tanner.

The idea that he is superior to the law has been carried to such an extent By Pension Commissioner Tanner that he is receiving rebukes from all sides. The following from the Philadelphia Press (Rep.) is a gentle reminder to the Commissioner that he has no “power at his finger tips” except to do as the law directs him: “Pension Commissioner Tanner has a mania on the subject of pensions, which was the chief objection raised to his appointment. He would apparently like to Eension everybody and everything. But e should realize where the pension money comes from, and also that it is no satisfaction to a deserving veteran to know that undeserving ones are on the rolls. While the people generally believe in liberal treatment of the veterans, they want the really deserving ones to get the money. The annual expenditures for this purpose are now rapidly climbing up to $100,000,000, and it is time to go slow. Commissioner Tanner had better not get excited on the subject, because Congress will have something to say about it."