SecretaryNobie refuses to say anjthin*^in regard to tbe report that Hod. William^!L Waraes would bs In Washington to-da}^in response to a telegram sent him in re^i.ard to his taking the office of contain)^s'.oner of pensions.
Hon.Win. Warner, ex-member of con-^ures* from Kansas City, and ex-con. mm^der-in chief of the Grand Army of the^Republic, arrived this afternoon and spent^t^ ^ hours in consluut.on wi hScretary^Ni^ble. As he came out ot the office he^fid in answer to tbe queries of a repotter^'^secretary Noble has discussed nothing^but the affairs of the Sioux commission as^yet.
To-nightSecretary Noble told an Assoc^ated Press reporter that there was nothing^new to say concerning tbe appointment^of a successor to Tanner. The mmtH^of the commission that examined the^administration of tbe pension bureau under^the secretary's orders will be printed to^^morrow, and a copy furnished Tanner^He has already seen it In manuscript^Whether or not it will be made public is^not determined.
ClAfterhe left the department Secretary^Nobie had a conference with the - ^ ir^at tbe white bouse. Major Warner went^intr the country to spend tbe night with^friends. A friend of his to-night stated^that the coniniissionership of pensions had^been informally tendered Major Warner^and that be will accept.
t'beappearance of Geo. S. Merrill, In^^surant* commissioner of Massacbusetts.^and ex-commander of tbe G. A. K . in^Washington to-day has caused considera^^ble speculation. Opinion is divided to-nt^ht^as to the re^pxetive chances of Warner and^Merrill to succeed Tanner, but that one of^.hem will be commissioner of pensions all^unite in believing, unless they both decline^the tender ot the office.
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