Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-06-06
sHERlDAN's CHANCES.

They Are Still Very Slight, Yet There L.
c. Hope OF His Recovory-The Bill Max:
ing tho Sick Warrior General of the
United States Army Becomes u Law.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-General Sheridan;
still remains very sick man. There was.
no recurrence of the heart troubles during:
yesterday, but the General has not recoy-:
cred the position he had gained before the.
attack OF Thursday afternoon. DR.. Pepper.
OF the University of Pennsylvania, who was
called to the Generals bedside Thursday
night, lays great stress upon the Generals
vitality and endurance, and says that if no
fresh attacks Of heart failure ensue they
Will pull him through. At $50 last night
the following bulletin, signed by Drs
ORellly, Matthew'S, Byrne and Yarrow,
was issued:
| the situation remains about the same
Throughout the day General Sheridans mind
has been lucid. There has been no renewal of
| yesterdays attack, though there Is but an in
complete recovery from its effect. No new un-
| favorable symptoms have developed. The un--
avoidable excitement connected with his pro-
motion has had no deleterious effect whatever
he has slept quietly through q great part of
| the day."
Another bulletin, signed by the same:
physicians, was issued at 1890 this morn
ing, as follows:
There has been no appreciable change in
General Sheridan's condition since the last.
evening bulletin was issued. He has coughed
out httle, has slept most OF the tlpe, and when
awake has been clear In his mind and cheer
full"
All bulletins issued during the dav were
not unlike those which have been promul-
gated daily for almost week. DR.. Pen
per, who arrived on a special train from
Philadelphia very early in the morning. did
not hesitate to say that the chances for
the patient were very few, and he advo-
Gated the plainest statement possible in the.
bulletin which was issued very shortly
after he made an examination.
| MORE HoNoRs
| WASHINGTON, June 2.-Never was quick.
| er legislative work done than that of YES
teaday making Lieutenant-General Philip
H. Sheridan General of the Army of the
United States. Shortly after the House
convened yesterday morning, at the re-
quest of Mr.. Dorsey, who introduced a bill
on the same subject early in the session.
General Spinola called up the Senate bill
and asked unanimous consent for its i'm
mediate passage. Mr.: Oates, of Alabama.
who lost an arm in the Confederate army
| and who led the filibustering against the
Direct Tax bill, objected to consideration.
Although number of his reconstructed
colleagues begged him to withdraw his OBJ
| lection, he refused, and the bill stood over
| The Republicans then announced that they
would permit no business to be transacted
| till the Sheridan bill was considered.
and a rollcall was ordered. The Repub
icans refrained from voting, thus break
ing quorum and dragging the proceed
ings. Finally the Committee on Military
Affairs, which reported the bill to the
House, demanded under the rules the
hour it was entitled to for the considera-
ton OF its bills. This was granted and the
sheridan bill was taken up. Colonel
Oates discovered that the bill taken I'D
was not the one reported by the commit
tee, although it was an exact copy, and he
objected. His objection stood. There was
instantly rushing about of the members
OF the Committee on Military Affairs
General SpinOla took the measure
from member to member, secured consent
to report it, and in few minutes
was recognized by Mr.. Springer, who was
in the chair, and the bill was again taken
up. Even after the work had gone thus
far Mr.. Kilgore Tex.) spoke against the
bill and objected to its consideration, but
withdrew his objection after being prom
lsed that the yeas and nays would be
called, SO that he could be recorded in the
opposition.
When the bill was once up it seemed that
almost every member wanted TO say some
thing in its favor. Mr.. Breckenridge XVI.
who fought consideration, delivered trib-
ute when the opportunity offered, and Sun
set Cox added laurel to the brow of the
gallant little Phil Judge Kelley became
poetical as he eulogized the beneficiary
OF the measure and thanked the Confed-
crates in the House for permitting consiG-
GRAFTON.
When the time come for voting on the
| bill there were not a sufficient number Zone
! ifth) opposed to it to secure roll CALL and
the bill passed without division. An excit-
ing scene followed. The members fairly
shouted with JOY. Arrangements were
made beforehand to have the bill enrolled
in haste and signed by the presiding Off
| GERS OF the two houses, and half-hour
| atterWard 1t was on its way to the White
| House. The messenger was immediately
| ushered into the presence of the President.
who attached his signature and dispatched
his executive clerk to the Senate
with the signed bill and General
Sheridan's nomination, as the measure
provided The Senate went into ex-
ecutive session, and confirmed the
nomination without a moments delay
Meanwhile the commission of Philip Il.
Sheridan to be General of the Army was
made out at the Executive Mansion, and
| when message was received there an
| nouncing confirmation another messenger
was dispatched to General Sheridan's resi-
| dence with the coveted document.
| 1t was not an hour and half after the
bill passed the Senate till the commission
was in the hands of General Sheridan
Words can not describe the pleasure the
act brought to the brave soldier His eyes
were filled with tears as the commission
was laid in his hands, and his heart
overfowed with gratitude. One of
the physicians says it was worth forty.
hours of good breathing and week of re-
cuperation.
The following is General Sheridan's &C.
ceptance of his commission as General of
the army:
HEADQUARTERS ARMY UNITED STATES.
WASHINGTON, D. c., June !, 1sSS-7hs Honor
| able Secretary Of Wdr-Slr: I have the
| honor to acknowledge the receipt OF my CON-
| mission as General of the Army, to which posi-
| ton the President has to-day appointed me. ]
| hereby accept the same
"P H. SHERIDAN, General
The signature was written with pencil
| in large and perfectly legible hand Soon