The Evening critic., 1882-01-06

1hat u rs ready 10 20 Deioie jury log
the purpose of mdicting hemen il has been
Jciaming. This is not the first, nor viii
probably be the last time that the bureau
Of defamation has made and will make the
announcement. Seasons come and go. hut
in the cold air of January, as under the hot
sun of July, the bureau Of defamation is
always the same, 1T is going to CON.
mcnce.'
In its last bulletin to the Star-routc
press the bureau says that it will commence
with the eases in which ex-senator Dorsey
is interested Looking over the list of Star
routes in which IL is said that ex-senator
Dorsey is interested, we find that the routes
35,05l, 4A,155 and 462l7 were largely in
creased and expedited, aud it is presumably
in regard to these routes that the grand
jury will he called by the bureau of deiama-
tion to consider, that is il it is ever called
TO consider any.
Taking former action as guide for its
future conduct, VIC are bound to suppose
that an indictment for conspiracy will be
asked for against Brady Dorsey and others
interested in these routes.
Let us, in advance Of the bureau, examine
into the manner of expediting and incroas-
ing some of these routes, and for the first
one take 35,05l, which runs from Bismarck,
Dakota, to Tongue River distance of 80
N lies.
This route was let, with service 10 com
mcnce July !, ISIS, to John Il. Miner at
$3.50 per year, one trip per week each
way, the time to he ninety hours.
In December, ls7S the trips were in-
creased to three per week, and the time
each way was reduced TO siXty-fve hours,
the pay being increased under the action of
the law by this increase and expenditure
to s32G5o. August :. 1879, six trips per
week were ordered and the pay increased
$4,000 more.
Each of these increases in pay was made
upon the affidavit Of the contractor as to
the increased number of carriers aud ami
mails required over the number needed for
the original contract
What was it that induced Brady to make
this increase? The records of tine Post-or-
fee Department. show, and we will give
extracts from these records.
On the 21st OF April 1879, in compliance
with a request from Senator Dorsey, Gen
Thos. A. Rosser, chief engineer of the
Northern Pacific Railroad, addressed n let
ter to Gen. Brady, showing that the dis
tanee from Bismarck by the wagon road
was 303 miles, instead of go, as advertised.
The first letter Oh record, asking for in
crease and expedition on this route, is
dated ST. Paul, Minnesota, July IL, 1875
and signed by G. b. Wright, president
No,thern Pacific Railroad. Bismarck was
then the Western terminus Of the road, of
which Mr.. Wright was president, aud it is
TO be presumed he knew something Of the
country beyond that point through which
his road was being built He says speaking
Of the settlers west of Bismarck:
s'These citizens and settlers are inadequataly
supplied with mail facilities, as also
the military posts IN that region, aud
respectfully recommend and request that the
mail service on the route from bismarck 10
rongue River be increased TO throe trips per
week each way, and the schedule be reduced
Lonn 80 10 G5 hours
On July the 18TH j. W. Raymond presi.
dent Of the Bank Of Bismarck, writes a
strong letter giving the reasons why the
mail should he increased and expedited,
and the Hon j. p. Kidder indorses on it:
Increase OF service asked for in this letter Of
col. Raymond. ikyOD personality that he stats-
msnf Bado hereht is true.
The same day petitions were filed from
citizens Of Bismarck, Fort Rice, Miles City
and Montana. ON the 20th of July, +. N.
Cory, clerk of the Unitea States District
Court of Bismarck, after giving his reasons
for the request, says:
~Iyenfure 70 call your attention to this sub
iest and respectfully ask that You may, AT
yo.tr earliest convenience, take into consider.
alton the advisability OF increasing the mall
service between Bismarck and Tongue River
to three trips each way per week, aud that the
schedule time be reduced from ninety TO sixty
Dse hours"
Similar letters were sent by the post
master at Bismarck and other citizens.
ION July % Martin Nlaginnis, Delegat.
in Congress from Montana, writes as fol
lows:
.siR: have The hanorta call your attention
TO the personal call made on you last winter
by Gen. Miles and myself IN relation 10 estab
fishing a daily mail route between Miles City
and Bismarck, which, M the time, you may
remember, received favorable consideration
Ayeekly mail (rouie ;5.05ll has been len, hno
the service II now established from this place
but with n once-a-week mail ana such long
schedu ule the route VIII not be OF much use aud
will not shorten the mall tIme much beyond
The long routein Montana. II isnow proposed
dnce The schedule ninety hours 10 slNty-five
10 make the service valuable this should be
dtHe az once, and then the question Of daily
service may be postponed another year.
al md the country Is settling faster, an.
the need Of this mail + even greater, thau wa,
set forth by Gen. Miles at the time of our cal
or in the recommendations OF army onicer,
which have been made 10 You. / nope IN,
service may be Increased and the schedule re
suced as asked for"
On July % Gen. Nelson A. Miles, o
the u. S. army, writes:
al have the honor 81 earnestly recommend
THAI the mail Elcllites between tho Yellow
stone Valley and The terminus OF be Northern
Pacific Railway be- increased u q mall tire,
ar six times week"
On the Both John II. Cbarls writes tt
J. p. KiAder, urei x the necessity Of a
least Il RE trips per week Of the mail from
Bismarck TO Tongue River, aud taste
time. This letter is indorsed by Mr. Kid
der and sent to Brady. The Endorsement
after 81 eakiDg Of Mr. Charles, says;
.aFrOm my own knowledge Of the wants @
The public IN thlf regard. have no hesitancl
recommending the additional service aske
for, AMI lnOst urgently request that II DE ~
aered."
December 4, Gen. Miles again writes;
81 have tho honor 10 request that fha ma
service between Bismarck anu Port Keogu
Montana, be increased Co "A tri-Yeealy on uuil
mail and 10 urge rs importance, MOI only r,
ihe f4nsnf Of The military, Out the citi1ons
Hto are rauldly nillue uD the NfllQN-tOfi