New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-05-31

TENACTTY OF OFFICE-HOLDEks'
PROPOSED REDUCTION OF INTERNAL REVENUE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BY THE ADMINS
TRAuON MEN.
WASHINGTON, May 3O.-0ne very important
teafr Of the Tariff bill is that which directs the Score
tary Of the Treasury prior TO JAM 1872 to reduce the
ktorpaI Revenue Districts the United States to not
exceeding In number, and for that purpose authorizes
hin TO unite two or Districts States, or Terri
tories into one District. The reduction in Internal
Revenue taxes take effect the LIST Of july except
those which relate 20 stamps. which arc postponed uh
October in order that persons having stamped gooos
Oh hand may dispose OF them without losS'
In the opinion OF most dsinterested per
sans four months after tho now law goes INTO
affect would he ample time for assessors and collectors
md their assistants to up their business and ar
range for consolidating their districts; aud several
attempts made in the Senate yesterday ana to-day
70 reduce number of officers or before october
This proposition has met with the decided opposuon Oh
every Administration Senator. The moral eject upon
1he Grant Marty of dsmssing nearly threefourths of
the Internal Revenue officers Of the country would be
very bad As the bill now stands I'm those districts not
engaged in the manufacture of spirits, malt liquors OF
tobacco the officers win have almost nothing TO DO aier
July except to close up their accounts and there rs no
doubt that in many OF the districts the amount on I've
nue. that will be collected will not be halI enough W pay
To u!tr9te how difficult it Is to get rid Of useless
ofice-hOlders, attention has been called 10 tne opera
lion of the law or 1870, WHICH ituuCtu
Letting Internal Revenue taxes at least 6O PCT ce.,
Section is OF that law authorized the PlTsdenI 10
annex to and unite with each other two or more a0oiu
ing collection districts, whenever, IN MS opinion,
would reduce the expense OF couectmS tiie ilcIndl
Revenue without mpaiTng the efficiency Of the service
and that he thereupOn retain bnt Collector ana one
Assessor for each enlarged district Few months acI
The passage this the then Commissioner OF inter
nal Revenue, with great blowing OF Iuhpets; az az
nounced that be was reducing the expenses OF ms
bureau hy dismissing officers and consolidating us
trcts The result OF all this was reduction OF only
ip the number OF districts there being 2i3 DeOle anu M
now. Thus il will be that an average OF one us
tIict was abolished for more than three states. ~. q,
Mr. Hamilton Of Texas moved, TINS AFTERNOON, tuat
before Jan 1873, the revenues In any district amounted
~ less than the Of collecting then that district
ehouId be annexed at once 10 adjoining one; ana al
most every Administration Senator present placed MN
self record as Young against TINS NSIJ Ao"oOA"i0
1t would be improbable, except in the regular report
Of the proceedings of the Senate, to attempt to follow
that body through the endless debate on the Tariff Bill
which, at midnight, has continued twelve hours
without interruption, and promises Uow to &C.
cupy the entire night. Mr. CODking killed the
Labor Commission amendment this AFTERNOON ny
adding 10 its duties work similar 10 that formerly
Entrusted David A. Wells; and then the OIL was re-
ported 10 the Senate, and voting on reserved aueHu
neuts Dc gan and was continued until after midnight
the evening spent III considering
the section providing for the admission free OF duty OF
articles used the construction and equipment OF YES
sells built for the foreign trade number OF ainend
meuts were offered but only agreed to- IL allows
those AmeIicanbult vessels which were registered IN
foreign countries after July 1861 TO receive an Ane
can register The action of the Committee OF the Mhole
was generally sustained throughout the day ana even
ing will probably remain IN session uhul
fbe bin Is passed and the House Is also in session wait
ing for the BILL in order that 1t may direct II TO De
printed.