Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1888 — GENERAL SHERIDAN NOW. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL SHERIDAN NOW.

The House Friday passed the Senate bill to revive the rank of General of the Army for the benefit of General Sheridan. Mr. Oates, of Alabama, went oil record as opposing the bill. A half hour after the passage of the bill, it was ingrossed, signed by the Speaker and President of the Senate and dispatched by special messenger to the President for his approval. The President at once signed the bill and sent the nomination of Philip Sheridan to the Senate for the position. The Senate immediately went into executive session and confirmed the nomination. Shortly after 3 o’clock, General Sheridan was informed of the signing of his commission as General of the Army, and he expressed himself as extremely satisfied. . —. j,^ The Indiana Democratic Association at Washington have endorsed Gray for Vice President.