Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1888-06-11
Washington. June 18th.

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Friday last to the gallant officer
whose struggle with death the whole
nation has been watching for a week,
was one of those acts which raise hui
man natures estimate of itself.
The event of the day in the senate
on Tuesday was the passage OF the
bill to make Gen. Sheridan a full
General. But in the House there was
delay over the measure, even after
Representative Mills demanded, on
behalf of confederate soldiers living
and dead, that the bill be passed at
once.
On Friday, however ,about o'clock,
the bill to revive the rank or General
of the Army passed the House, and
an hour and a half later the bill had |
been signed by the president, the
nomination of Sheridan for the office |
sent to the office and confirmed, and
the omission made out.
1t was the one thing which remain
ed for the American people to do to
testify their admiration for the strick-
en- General; and the merit of the
deed itself was exalted by the circum-
stance that both houses of congress
contain so many ex-confederate SOL
!: 81, tn q
favor of this tribute to their oppo-
nent of quarter of century ago.
If never before, we can truly say
that the war is now ended, and that
there are no politics in the reward OF
faithful service to the flag which
floats over a united nation.
At the present writing General
Sheridans physicians are a little
hopeful. He sleeps some and occa-
sionally takes a little nourishment
with comfort, still relapse is proba-
BILE at any moment.
The news of his promotion was
broken to him gradually. One Of his
attendants first told him that the bill
had been passed by the House; then
in a few minutes he was told that the
president had signed it, and so on
through the process, each step OF his
nomination and confirmation being
announced to him at intervals, and
finally his wife carried in his commits
sion complete, which Senators Haw-
lev and Henderson brought to the
House. The General soon fell asleep,
but in a few minutes he awoke, and
and not forgetting the proprletles,
dictated q letter of thanks to the
president, signed it, and dispatched
it to the White House.
t There will be a very large attend
ance at the St.Louis convention from
: Washington. On Saturday evening
t enough tickets had already been sold
to fill four or five cars, and the de-
= mand was increasing. The Press
gallery was almost deserted that
S morning, fully three-fourths of its
f occupants having left for st. Louis
: 1t is expected that about sixty demo
: cratic senators and representatives to-
gether will be there. But for the
S pending debate on the tariff bill there
0 would be more. Members OF th'
/ House do not like to leave while tina
# measure is under discussion, an(
l. they find that the republicans are no
st anxious to pair.
y The pairs which have been a1rang
h ed are nearly all between democrat
d who are going to St. Louis and re
n publicans who are going to Chicago
e and they are in every instance of tn
If ironclad order, applying to division
10 and roll calls alike.
E. At the Capital there was but on
le comment on the Paris letter of MI
= Blaine published on Wednesday, an
Is doubt or question as to his absolut
Of withdrawal from politics. The lettt
ed was thus accepted and construed b
SIS men of both political parties.
n The republican senators say tn
en- Mr.. Blaine's positive prohibition {
:" the use of his name clears the polit
re cal field on their side of the only ell
of ment of uncertainty that existed, al
ne that now they will proceed to asce
he tain who is their strongest man al
in to nominate him.
The nomination of Mr.. Fuller f
re- Chief Justice still hangs fire in t.
he senate. The delay is said to be d
lal rather to fear that the commit
inv will be accused of haste and want
ar, thoroughness if it neglects to exami
nd and weigh all that is laid before
5he than to any special charges again
len the nominee. A Chicago gentlem
led has asked for delay in order to 81
tx him time to put certain things
o a shape tor presentation to the comm
ed, tee He alleges that the clerk OF
md court and Mr.. Fuller were jury co
un- missioners in 1881, and that n
iif- Fuller drew a jury before which
zen case in which he was himself heav
eat interested was tried. The result,
the cording to this gentleman, was v
! a diet for Mr.. Fuller, and the con
mt, quent recovery of a large tract
for swamp land. The committee |
to telegraphed for transcript of
our record, and will await their receipt