New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-07
any TWO YEARS MORE FOR sdEhMAN'
nv TrIrGRArH TO THE TkIbUNET

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,,,.o,,,xcrnv Iune G.-The Democrats nave a.
last as they believe, found 'he oppo' IL
4a'n advantage of it. to pay oil their ola gluus0
'"N." coaoroI sheridan for his famous pan
80, disnatch from Ncw-Oreans. lheN "'Io'
o'''i - o,,irc,v successful in all they sought
TO accomplish - ,,,rro,riotion bill
roerr,ed in the Senate to-day, III Conili''ec u
~. u-bolo and q motion was made by senator D"-
- ofWost Virginia to except the Generai ol 'no
-, for, the operatons of the compulsory re'iit-
'ant cI,n.e The purpose in this, as 1t was mauo
,,,r,,crt although the fact was not opehly az
,,'iol to was to prevent General onoI-
:1oo from reaching supreme cohnnaHu'
Inv retaining General sherman IN thal poSi'io" 'o'
Ito ar until General Sheridan should reach 'hc "so
for retirement Senator Hale Immediately pioPoseu
an amendment making an exception also ol Iho Aio"
,enant-General This urged upon the srounu
.ho. tbot,vo of1ices-General and Lieutenant-Oeh-
o-ol ,gere created especially 20 do honor 10 TWO
1r,;or Ccnsrals. who had rendered conspicuous
ervce and that to retain one and retire the OF lhel
would he making an invidious and unWarrahteo
distinction. .. ,..os
Neither the amendment nor the reason LOT IT, WAS
satisfactory 10 the Democrats. Ihey dlu no' 0'',0
partculary 10 honor General Sherman DuI tueS uIO
not in anv event wish to leave matters III such shape
that General Sheridan should be advanced 10 .no
higher authority. If both were excepted rom inc
operation of the retirement feature. Ii was eh'cS
probable that in time General sheridan Woulo reach
the command. -,
On the other hand, many Republicans were Will
ing 10 confer the proposed honor upon the TWO Ia
nous warriors while ali wero dtsirous that the Two
should lie treated alike. The Hale amendment was
therefore, insisted upon in spite of Democratic So
IictatIon that it be withdrawn and presented again
as an independent proposition Had this been DONE
the Democrats would have voted with those Repub-
lc-ns who were favorable to the proposition IN IA
yor of General sherman, and would then have vot-
ed against the Hale proposition in favor of Genera
Sheridan. The Hale amendment was carried
bv solid Republican vote against solid Demo
cratic vote with only the exceptions.
TIE Democrats then turned about and voice
against the amended proposition TO make the tW(
receptions named. When the bill was reported Il
the Senate the same proceeding was repeated. Sen
aor DAVIS moved TO make an exception OI the Teh
eral of the Army Senator HAZE l9Cyeu Ee,oro TO
TO the exceptions Senator Davis moved
that this amendment be hid I1 up u
the table Senator ingalls, made the point of order
that under the rules to table the Hale amendment
would also table the motion OF Senator DAVIS 10
which it was an amendment, and the chairman, sch
ator Garland, decided the point well taken; holhc
objection being taken to this railing 1t was submted
10 the Senate. and upon viva Noce vote tne noes
were plainly in the majority. Before the declsiOn
was announced the yeas and nays were demanded
and then through some apparent misunderstanding
the motion to lay the amendment. of Senator Hale
upon the table was withdrawn by senator DaNls'
Had the affair been allowed to proceed ii is prOba-
ble that the Democrats would have won the light,
for the Republicans did not all the point at Issue
and were voting according to their preferences. he
Democrats by being united against sheridan ana III
i'll favor of Sherman could have carried their point;
A. II turned out the Hale amendment was carried
and the Davis amendment, thus reinforced, was
again defeated by the votes of the Democrats The
bill was then passed, making retirement compulsory
al the age OF slxty-four.
command of the Army, and upon his retirement
General sheridan who will no, roach the retiring
age for about thirteen years, succeeds to the su'
premc command.
Said one Republican Senator, sOttO vOce, but with
emphasis. when the skirmishing was i'll progress
If they succeed iu putting this thing upon Sheri-
dan they will make him the next Republican candi-
date for The Presidency