New-York tribune., 1886-03-04
lowed to remain before the Committee on Territories
without being acted upon
TERRY APPOINTED MAJOR-GENERAL.


without being acted upon
TERRY APPOINTED MAJOR-GENEkAL.
WHAT Is SAID By GENERAL HnwARD'S FRIENDS
OTHER APPOINTMENTS TO FILL VACANCIES
WAsIIyGToN. March 3 tSpeciaD. Brigadier-
Coror Terry toiay was nominated TO fiji the vacancy
in the rank OF MljorGeneral caused by the death of
General Hancock Though by means SURPRISE tho
nomination has caused great deal oi ADVERSE '','
cism in certain quarters, where ncher" lo''J
promotion is ascrbed to certain Army influences III
washington which have always been hostile to Gcnerhl
Howard Ii is SAID By his friends that according TO All
rles of Army promotion. General Howard was entitled
10 the place lie was, they say the senior IN raN ms
commission bngader-gencraI ia the resa'ai cS'"'
shment bearing date OF December ~ ls6l' "Lle 'aV
of General Terry dated January ID. lo6o lh 'ho No
unteer service too. General Towards commission as
major.gcneral antcdates that OF General lerry' he
having been commis issioned November ~. lsO-
while Terry was commissioned on April 20 leoo
nearly three years Later Both Terry ard Howard re-
reivci ihe thanks OF Congress but Howard was pdld
that honor January 1864. while Terry received that
distinction whole year later: ,- ......,.,,
General Howard, it is drced has always been nnpGpu
lar in Army circles nearing the reputation of anhuot
and bgoted enthusiast. Among his comrauss nc 20
especial hatred of Democrats and southern mth
by his administration OF the Freedmen bufG"i i
% which he called al inc cIuac
OF the War Democratic influence paramount ~ the
higher grades Of the Army toSGthcT WIN nc , .Js
OF southern men whose counsel Is hoeded az e @ ,d @
brought about GeNeral lcllJ pIOHlotioH'
The President sent the following nominations TO
the Senate to-day
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Chambers @lst lnfan-
try to he Colonel Of the l7th Infantry .
Major John Poland. 18th Infantry to DO Lieutenant
captain George r. Brady 23i Infantry to be Major of
FIRST Lieutenant William C. Manning 23d Infantry, to
second Lieutenant william A. Nichols. 23d Infantry,
second Lieutcnant James Lockett, In Cavalry to Oo
joshua r Child Of Missouri. be Minister Resident
and COnsJl-Gcn'rll Of the CnheI states 10 siam A.,
William Gordon. Of New-IOrk. to bo Consul OF the
United states 1T HedeIlln
Alfred H. Terry was bora in Hartford in 1927. ana
before the Civil War lawyer IIo was among tho
earliest to enlist in the Union cause. commanding the
Second Connecticut Volunteers at first and then the
Seventh Eeslmcut from his native state. lie served
crrGi;aly In the attack upon Port Royal in November
1851 and made Brigadcr General OF Volunteers
thcf'owing spring He tookan active par ~ h' raae
oil Fort Wagner in september, 1853. anl III The summer
Of 1861 ne commanded division OF Bntlcts ArLy OF
lhc James In the ensuing winter. when Shcr'an was
abont to start northward from savannah 1t wa d"sIr-
able that a Union couun be pushed ~ from III" coast
near Clpc Fear Ryerto cOoPorato with hn. pr"YoIs
attempt to capture Fisher at the mouth OF he river
having failed. Terry led successful "Nprd"n
ana skin received the special thanks OF Congress-
SOME OBSTACLES 10 A SILVER DEBATE.
MR. scor1's 81 ErCH WIDELY RRAp-A SUGGESTION
TO TEApFs UNIoSs.
WAsTIINGroN, March tSpcc0h.-Thc House
Committee on Coinage TO which Secretary Mannng's
reply the silver question referred. held meet
ing to-day. but dijurncd without discussing the qurs
toms Bland, Lanham, McCreary and o'hrr
silver men on the commitieo do not Ike Mr..
M,nninc's letter and thcy propose to make
an effort to repeal the which makes the cold dollar
tie OF value In order TO remove tho excuse "hch'
they say the Secretary now makes use oil todIscrmhae
against slv,r Mr.. Norwood, Of Georgia another mem
bcr OF the committee VINO counted silver man. says
,1o u
extreme silver legislation s evidently lcsscning In tEe
IIouse 4 thorough discussion OF tho question
would result in good, according to
the nelef OF those who oppose the
continued coinage OF the silver dollar but there appears
to be 10 prospect OF early discussion Of tho question
IN the House Several Of the appropriation bills are now
Oh the calendar ana they have precedence and VIII oc
cupy the spare time until Mr. Morrison gct report on
his tari bi which VIII then interfere with tho SILVER
discussion The circulation of documents IN tho south
has already effect some or the Southern mem
bers. Letters from constituents tend to modify their
views
The general intcrest in question is shown by the
letters ana iclegrams which Representative Scott OF
Pcnnsylynna has received In approval OF bis recent
apecch on the subject. There have been demands for
nearly 100 900 copies OF his speech. lie receives daily
many letters not only from friends. but from enr"
strangers expressing harmony with h' views
These letters generally embrace some particular
quotation from tho speech. indicating the dif-
fcrcnt methods Of reasoning by different minds
4 promiuent citizen OF Philadelphia nut unknown 10
Mr. Scott except reputation, fleets N MS letter us
Of 'hc subject In its simplest apprai"u
hy writing: think you arc entirely rlSht 10y saying
the poor has the most interest IN good currency
In fact IL seems that should the trades unions adu
To their demands for 30 many dollars Tor so
many work, the additional demand lHhl
tLc dollars shall be tho best dollars, and 80
prevent the payment to them of the pr fcht
dollar the silver question wOuld be settled even hy the
prcsrnt Congress by the suspension Of tae silver coinage
a. soon "a the action Of the trades unions became
known. Is such action too much 10 expect from tho III
tellgent wurkiugucu OF this country T.