Show General F Ilaitranft not a Candidate Special to THE HEUALD Examiner Dispatch WASHINGTON D C Oct 4 General F Hartranf is the latest candidate to decline the office of pension commissioner Ho has not yet been offered it but ho takes occasion to decline it in advance For a couple of days he has been mentioned for the place and it is stated that the Presi dent and the secretary of the interior have been seriously considering his appoint meat Indeed it has been asserted that his selection was practically agreed upon One of General Hartranfts Washington friends who ho been urging his selection yesterday received the following letter which virtually ends the matter so far as General Hartranf concerned PHILADELPHIA Oct 3 1839H A Sprague Esq Washington D CDeur SirI aia very much pleased and gratified at your kind offer efsupport in casp I am a candidate for the position of commissioner of pensions I thank you as fully as if I were a candidate and successful but the present state of health and business affairs will not permit me me to consider myself as such Yours very sincerely J F HAKTIUNFT A message of similar import has been received by an authorized representative of the administration and General Hart raft it is said will be dropped from the list of availables The matter of selecting a pension commissioner is therefore about as far from a settlement now as it was a week ago |