Show DOWN AND OUT that was apparently a very calm and unac cuing note of resignation which commissioner tanner sent to the president at 1 botlock yesterday morning but beneath its placid surface ie an undertow which inayet carry borne one tar out to sea the official for his rs was compulsory is a very popular man with a large and influential clabea ot citizens men whose patriotic service to the country in its hour of peril entitles them to a hearing of which they are not slow to avail themselves although the 0 A K Is not an avowed political organization its members are largely of one political faith to which they give their moat blazing and they are the most political workers to itice it is doubtless doubt lees a sd spectacle to tee tanner one of their below battle heroes hobble down and out on his crutches from a position which he was filling to their entire satisfaction many of them will remember his removal indignantly and Pres dent harleon may as well count up in this element of opposition to his there was ingratitude in the demand upon the war maimed veteran tt his resignation ever since he became commissioner commies ioner of pensions lie has been a scapegoat for all the sins of his party his presence was the feint which drew nearly all the democratic fire left the rest of the comparatively free from carping and assault not only therefore was his deposition an act of but it was worse it was bad politics political opponents are bound to do a certain amount of burying cur ying and io i o long as the bulk of the maledictions male dictions fell upon tanner and only served to endear him more than ever to the G A 11 his retention in office was a profitable investment harrison like better have spared a bigger man a fact of which be may become painfully conscious before the sizzling time of in 02 |