The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-03-28
Washington.

SUBJECT-THE INCOME-TAX BILI.-THE TAX
on BANK DEPosITS-A GENERAL REDUCTION
II POSTAL EXPENSES-INTERESTING BILL
TO THE MEDICAL MEN-THE MASSACHUSETTS
CoNTEsTED-ELEcTIoN CASE; A TIE VOTE
Personal, &C.
fFrom Our Regular Correspondent
WASH INGToN, March 27.-The impression
prevails to-day that ii the Wood tariff bill
passes the House it will te, as stated yes
terGlay, by close shave. Pennsylyanians
especially are opposingsit with bitterness,
and this is strange, as they got more changes
in the schedules in which they were special
IL interested than anybody else. Senator
Wallace remarked to Pennsylvania news
paper corresp ondcnt to-day that the bill
would be beaten, and ought to be, and
that he was astonished at Democrats
attempting at this time 10 revise the
tariff. He would have them wait until
business resumed healthy condition, and
then see what reduction iron and other in
tariff as party question, and Is willing
himself to vote with the most ultra Re
publicans to defeat the Wood bill. /
said to n Pennsy lyania Republican to-day
that MI. Randall evidently believed the
bill will pass. eyes," said he in reply,
al! OF his rulings yesterday were in favor
Of the bill. He has gotten the changes for
PENNSYLVANIA he desired, and now he wants
to conciliate the South and West, both OF
which favor tariff reform" He added !:
ado YOU know that he is candidate for
the presidency The fact, however, is
that Mr.. Randall rules with fairness, and
does his duty.
yoBACCo-INcoMEs-BA
Ncssrs. Tucker and Burchard reported
their acknowledgements bill to the Committee
| Of Ways and Means, and 4 discussion OF the
tobacco question was at once commenced.
MI. Tucker, as already stated, recon-
mcnded reduction to sixteen cents
and Mr.. Eurchard to twenty cents.
| Mr.. Kelly, OF Pcnnsylvania, opposed
reduction, as your correspondent has
| in these dispatches said he would, but he
has been counted by some sanguine redhc-
iionists as on their side. Mr.. Wood las moi
vet indicated how he will vote, but thin&
he NAV be set down for 4 1Gc. reduction.
For even ii at heart he is aSainstlt, how can
he afford to make all OF the tobacco repre-
sentativcs lukewar,. as regards his tariii
bill. which cannot pass without their earnest
support. Cir. Burchard will adhere to 2Oc.,
and Messrs. Banks, Garfield, and Kelly viii
vote against n reduction. Mr. Phelps was
not at the committee meeting to-day, and
his temper in regard to the drawback on
licorice has not improved, but he has all
along said he would go for reduction to
16 cents. The vote or the tobacco-taN will
be taken tomorrow, and l feel warranted
in adhering, as predicted from the begin
ming, that the committee will agree upon
| 1G cents.
TIE lNCOMETAX.
All Of the out-and-out characterization.
lists Of the committee are for an income-taX,
and so is Mi. Burchard. There is there
fore no room to doubt but that the commit
tee will report the bill, the provisions Of
which have been gwen by me. 1t Will eN-
emit, it will be remembered, all incomes
under $4,000.
BANK DEPOSITS.
| Tobacco incomes and bank deposits co1-
stitute the subjects OF the internal-revenuc
bill reported by the subcommittee to the
WAYS and Means Committee. In regard to
bank deposits the subcommittee recon-
mends that all deposits III savings banks
under $4,000 shall be exempt from taxa
ton, and it also provides against continu-
ance OF a double tax on a deposit IN other
banks. For instance, under the law as it
now stands, if Richmond merchant de-
| posits $4,000 in Richmond bank, and 4
| check for this amount is sent to New YORK
and deposited to the credit OF the Rlch-
mond bank in bank there, the one deposit
OF $4,000 pays a double tax. Hereafter, II
the committees bill is adopted, only one
fax will have to be paid. This provision
will also be adopted by the committee.
. WHOLESOME REFORM IN THE MAIL SERVICE
General Hunton's bill to re6rganize the
appointees OF the special service OF the Post
Office Department will, il adopted by Con-
Dress. save, it is estimated, annually nearly
500. coo. 1t provides that after July l,
1878, there shall be only % special agents.
| whose compensation shall be $1,000 pei
annun, with 81 per day when actually travel
! ling on the business OF the Department.
They now number 80, and by Il singular
construction OF the law get s. a day whether
they travel twenty days in the year or not
General Hunton proposes that these ap'
pointees shall be selected from The railway
postal clerks or post-office clerks OF Glasses
/. 3. and 8. There are other provisions OF
La wholesome character in the bill.
CONTAGIOUS AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
After considerable discussion the House
to-day passed toe bin to prevent the intro
duetion OF contagious and infectious dis
eases into the .Uni!eI States. 1t requires
our consuls, &C., in foreign ports where
cholera and yellow-sever prevail to notify
the Surgeon General OF the Marine Hospital
Service when vessel leaves said ports fol
the United States. The medical authorities
OF the port to which tits destined are to be
forthwith warned OF its approach, 50 that
the proper precaution may be taken against
the introduction OF epidemics. Consuls.
in case the diseases named exist in the port:
in which they reside or arc near to, are re-
CURED to send weekly reports to the Sur
geon- General OF the Marine Hospital Ser
vice. 81,
THE TExAs-PAC1FIC RAILROAD.