Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1858-12-07

Of the Nicaragua government" referred 10
BY Ion, are, In great part, the persistent Of |
forts Of venal writer's for the press in the inter-
est of the Panama Company and Vanderbilt,
to compass the success of the schemes to keep
the Nicaragua route closed. -
Z. The public win not fail 10 perceive that
the suggestion that this Government st IS
presumed, will protect any legal and valid
contract with any company for opening the
route" means neither more nor less than an
indirect invitation to the Government to aid
the Pacific Mail Company in connection with
Vanderbilt in defeating its (ths U. S. Govern
ment's) own policy; for all the world now COM
prehend that the Panama Company and Van
derbilt are playing not to open the Nicaragua
route themselves, but, by keeping it closed, to
prevent competition at reduced rates of pas
sage and freight with the Panama route
8. The complete success of the Tehauntepec |
route of which "Ion" writes, is as yet a ''com. !
plete" fiction. A single trip, without passen-
gers if we are not mistaken, has certainly been |
made over that route, which by no means in
wolves complete success In financial
point of view, We cannot see how those who
may buy its stock can ever realise q single
penny from the investment insomuch as to
transport passengers over the Tehauntepec
isthmus single trip each way weekly, it will
be necessary to keep an amount of staging
stock always ready quite eight times as large
as will be necessary to transport the same
number of passengers across the Nicaraguan
lsthmus-a fact rendering TIE idea Of compe-
tition with the latter at equal rates for passen.
gers and freight utterly impossible. We would
rather see ten such routes open than one, and
therefore trust that those interested in saying
to get up Tehauntepec route to California
may realize all their hopes of success not based
on the policy Of keeping other routes closed by
misrepresentation like those of the Panama
and Vanderbilt intrigue.
The Panama company, by the by, are still
logging the heels of the Postmaster General to
screw out of him the assumption of authority
to renew their monopoly of the ocean wise and
isthmus transportation of the mails to and from
California, and the consequent continuance of
their monopoly of the steamer transportation
of passengers and freight. But their labor
will surely prove in vain, We apprehend.
HE ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER
OF INDIAN AFPAIBs.-The Commissioner of In
dian Affairs presents an able report. He says
that no change has taken place in our relations
with the various tribes with whom We have had
treaty stipulations.
The whole number of Indians within our
limits is estimated to be about $50. 600. The
whole number of tribes and separate bands is
I15, with A Of which we have treaties The
number of ratified Indian treaties since the
adoption Of the Constitution is 1893, nearly all
OF which contain provisions still in force. The
quantity of land required by these is about
SOL 1853, 1SS acres and the entire cost of fulfill
ing them will be 1886, 344 From a part Of
these lands the Government received no pecu
mary advantages, because they were ceded to
the respective States, within whose limits they
were situated. From those sold the Federal
Treasury received, not only the whole of the
expense incurred for their acquisition. survey,
and sale, but surplus of at least one hundred
millions Of dollars
The amount applicable for the fulfllment of
treaties, and for other objects connected with
the Indian policy for the present fiscal year,
was -, s52, 447.34, of which rum 1904 .662 50
was derived from investments of trust funds
~AS "hSic ouAOuAt VI trust IuDQ9 helQ In
dian account is Sic, 500, $40 81, of which So
5O2, 4l SO has been invested in stocks Of various
States and the United States; the remainder,
viz: SI,0SS ,40T so, is retained in the Treasury.
and the interest thereon annually Appropriated
by Congress. The Commissioner makes various
suggestions as to changes in our policy towards
the Indians, which for the most part, however
were included in the report of the Secretary Of
the Interior, and have already been noticed in
our columns
The VIRGINIA CONVENTION on THE ADMIN
lsfRArioS AND DoUGLAsIsM.-This mornings
mail at length brings Us detailed reports of the
action OF the recent Virginia Democratic stats
Convention upon the already famous resolu.
tions offered by Mr.. o. J. Wise. They were AZ
follows:
l. Rsso'Usd, That trusting to the patriotisro.
wisdom and fidelity Of the present Chief MATS
tra'e OF the I Mon, and in view of the con6nc,
which has hitherto characterized his direction
OF PuoIlc dndlTs, we recognize II as a dutv hind
ing on every true Democrat, whatever honest dir
leiences may have arisen on isolated question.
OF public policy, to rally to the support Of the
administration, in the name Of and for the sake
OF the party whose best interests must remain
loentined with its own.
= k.so!red, That we rejoice unfeignedly in
,ue iate victory so gloronsly achieved by the
Ioyai Democracy Of Illinois, brethren in the same
political faith, we recogn their success as onr
.uumPh, ana In common with patriotic men Of
al sections, and all parties, we find a special
cause Tor congratulation IN the defeat of a dan
gerous sectional organization.
These resolutions were seconded, and the
adoption Of them was urged upon the conven-
tion. They were passed uen,. con- amid great
confusion; and then, after tho transaction of
some other business, Mr.. Brannon, of Levi,
moved to reconsider the vote by which the sec
ond (the Illinois) resolution had been adopted
which motion was agreed to and then, after
debate, in which that gentleman, Mr.. O. j.
Wise and others participated, Mr.. Claybrook
moved to lay the said resolution on the table.
Mr.. Skinner urged Mr.. Wise to withdraw it.
But Mr.. W declining to do so, Mr. Claybrook's
motion to lay it on the table was agreed to,
only three or four members of the Convention
voting No. We compile this brief svnons;s