The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-03-23
WASHINGTON NEWS.
WASHINGTON, March 81.

WASHINGTON, March 81.
GoLLADAY A CANDIDATE FOR RE-BLEC-
TON.
The resignation of Supervisor Clark,
of Southern Ohio, was accepted to day,
and General b. X. Cowen assigned to
the places thus vacated. Ex-Hon. Mr..
Golladay leaves for Kentucky in few
days to enter tho campaign as q candi-
date for reelection.
TENNESSEE.
Colonel Fletcher, Secretary, Of State
of Tennessee, arrived here to-day to aid
in pushing forward the movement for
further Congressional interference. He
was one of the earliest, as he is now
one of the strongest advocates of this
course. He is to see the President in a
day or two on the subject, and unfold
his views. The President has referred
Governor Senter's application for troops
to the Attorney General, with re-
quest for an opinion as to his power in
the premises.
THE RICHMOND TROUBLE.
The Richmond troubles ara now 60
ing into the courts. Mayor CahoOn,
whom Governor Walker 10 trying to get
out of office, has applied to Judge I'm
derwood for an injunction against Eli
son to prevent him from exercising the
functions of the position, and the Judge
after duly considering the matter to-day
issued the necessary warrant, which
will be heard on Wednesday. Cahoon
has Ex-Gov. Wells and Henry A. Wise
as counsel, and has taken every step in
his course under their advice. The Re-
publicans from down that way claim
that this movement on the part OF
Walker is the first step toward getting
all the officers OF the State out of the
hands of Republicans.
THE ONLY SUFFERER.
1t seems that the only person to suc-
fer on account of Butler selling his
cadetship is the man least involved,
and the only one who did not take part
for money considerations at all. A
movement was made among a number
of members of the House on Friday to
request the Secretary OF the Interior to
dismiss General Shoepp, an examiner in
the patent Office. The latter on hearing
of this Immediately rendered his resig-
nation in order to relieve the Secretary
from all embarrassment. the testi.
moDy showed beyond question that
Shoepp had at the request of General
Tyler, an old army friend, and simply
as a matter of friendship made inquiries
in regard to cadetships, and turned
the whole thing over to an attor
ney and afterwards passed the money
sent by Tyler to the attorney. He did
not retain any of it, and is the only
person involved in the affair who had
no pecuniary interest whatever in it.
1t now appears that Butler, previous to
the committee taking up his case, freely
admitted to several members that he
had sold his cadetship, but after the
serious turn matters took lie began to
contradict his former statements. OF
the two members of tho committee alb
sent, Witcher, of West Virginia, was
against expulsion, and Hoge, of South
Carolina, did not wish to sign the re-
port.
THE TAX BILL.
The tax bill is slowly going through
the Ways and Means committee. The
members are so reticent about their do
ings that it is almost impossible to as
certain the details of their labors. They
are somewhat embarrassed by the con-
flict of opinion between the President
and Secretary of the Treasury, the latter
still holding that it is not advisable to
make much reduction, while the former
is for reduction of twenty five or
thirty millions of dollars. The commit
tee is with the President, however, and
it is certain that the amendments they
will propose look to the relief of in
Are rh.x- L.
of changes in the administrative
portions of the existing law, sug-
gested by the experience of last year,
TO the end that the burden of taxation
may be more equally distributed and
the schemes of rogues more certainly
defeated. They favor an abatement
rather than a reduction of rates, and
are pretty certain to recommend the
removal of all taxes on watches, silver
plate, pianos, carriages and billiard ia.
bles, being the whole range of articles
in what is known as schedule A. They
are also likely to advise the removal of
the whole or greater part of what are
called taxes on transportation, viz: On
gross receipts Of railroads, stages, steam
boats, canals, ferries, ships, etc, and
may perhaps recommend an an abate-
ment OF those on express and
telegraph companies. The license tax
on dealers in and manufacturers of to-
bacco and spirits will probably be re-
tanned, as will also the special tax on
banks aud bankers. Most of the other
special and license taxes are to be re-
moved. The committee has not yet de-
cidsd what to do about tie income tax,
but the talk of members points to a re.
duction of the rate of three per cent,
with an increase possibly in exemp-
tons. 1t will be seen on examination
that this work is mostly in the line of
the recommendations made BY Special
Commissioner Wells. The bill is not
coming up for two or three weeks.