The morning news., 1888-06-02
SHERIDAN IS A GENERAL.
THE BILL REvIvING THE RANK IN
THE ARMY MADE A LAW

Mr.. Kilgore's Determined Opposition
Nearly Resulted in Postponement
of Action-Mr. Oates also Opposed to
Hasty Legislation of This Kind-Once
Passed it was Rushed.
WASHINGTON, June lin the House to.
day, Mr.. Mills, Of Texas, rising in his
place asked, in the name of the Confederate
soldiers, living aud dead, that the House
consider the Sheridan bill, but Mr. Kilgore
persisted in his objection.
After the reports from the committees.
Mr.. Spinola, Of New York, renewed his
effort to have passed the Senate bill to re.
vlve the rank Of General of the army for
the benefit of Lieut.. Gen, Sheridan, but Mr..
Kilgore, of Texas again objected.
Mr.. Randall suggested that the bill might
be passed Monday under a suspension OF
the rules, and it was laid over
A few minutes later Mr.. Spinola, of New
York, again sought to bring the Sheridan
bill before the House by asking consent to
report it back from the Committee on
Military Affairs Qt had been referred to
that committee after the preceding failure J
Mr.. Kilgore was induced to withdraw his
objection SO far as TO allow the report to be
made, but Mr.. Oates, of Alabama, promptly
renewed it.
MR.. PETERS APPEAL.
Private business having been dispensed
with, the regular order was demanded, be-
ing the appeal of Mr.. Peters, of Kansas,
from the decision of the Speaker pro tenn.
(Mr. McMlllen) that the legislative appro-
priation bill need not be again considered in
committee of the whole. Division was bad,
resulting in the rejection of the appeal by a
vote of liz to AZ, but the point OF no quo
rum was made by n number of Repub bli-
cans, who desired to force the House.to act
upon the Sheridan bill before proceeding
with other business.
The yeas and nays were then ordered
The roll call showed no quorum, and the
call of the House was ordered, but proceed-
ings under that order were dispensed with,
and Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, asked
consent to consider the Sheridan bill.
Mr.. KILGoRE YIELDS.
Mr.. Kilgore withdrew his objection after
expressing his general objection to this
class of hasty legislation,
Mr.. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, supported
the bill, saying that whatever feeling he
might have had under other circumstances
had given way, as he learned Gen. Sheridan
was now in the presence OF that enemy he
had so manfully faced i'll years gone by,
and he was glad to have the opportunity to
vote himself and ask the votes of all in the
chamber, to give crowning wreath to the
great soldier in his dying hour. [Great ap-
plause.1
Messrs. Cox, of New York, and Kelley,
of Pennsylvania. also briefly urged the
passage of the bill, and it was then passed
by Uipo uoce vote, Mr.. Oates, of Alabama,
going on record as opposing it; and the
House bill on the same subject introduced
by Mr.. Dorsey, of Nebraska, was tabled.
The bill as passed was Immediately signed
by the presiding officers of both houses and
sent 10 the President, who signed it aud
sent to the Senate the nomination of Gen.
Sheridan to be General of the army. As
soon as it was received the Senate went into
executive session, confirmed the nomina-
tion, reopened the doors and resumed busi-
ness, all before 2:45 O'Clock this afternoon.
HOW 1T WAS PUT THROUGH
The bill was not permitted to take the
usual course, but under the personal super
vision of Senator Hawley, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Military Affairs, it
was engrossed within half an hour of its pas
sage and taken by the Senator in person to
the President Meanwhile, Mr.. Hawley had
telegraphed t"e President, suggesting that
the nomination be made out in advance,
and Gen. Sherldan'S nomination was pre-
sented to the Senate along with the notifca-
tion that the President had approved the bill
At o'clock Messrs. Hawley and Mander-
son delivered Mr.. Sheridan's new commits
sion to Mrs. Sheridan. In the course Of
the afternoon a note of thanks, signed by
Gen. Sheridan himself, was delivered to
the President, and note of acceptance to
the Secretary was also signed by Gen.
Sheridan. Gen. Sheridan took the oath Of
Office before night and issued an order an
nouncing as his staff Maj. Mike Sheridan
and Capts Kellogg AID Blunt, his present
staff, with the increased rank of Colonel.
DR.. Pepper, provost of the University
Of Pennsylvania, returned TO Phila-
delphia at 8 o'clock this morning
directly after the signing of the morning
bulletin. In an interview with him tele-
graphed from Philadelphia tonight, he
taxes by no means hopeless view of Gen.
Sheridau's case. He says Gen. Sheridan is
desperately i'll, but that there is a chance
for his recovery He awards high praise
to Gen. Sieridln's physicians and says they
have been ably seconded by their patients
pluck and endurance