Arizona weekly citizen., 1883-06-16
A uSEruT. MAN

Senator Van Wyck, Of Nebraska, may
 be called constitution grumbler, and sfault finder; yet such men often do tho country good service. But, as Mir. Van
 Wyck cuts right and left, and never opens his mouth or takes up his pen
 unless he has something to say of vital importance to the people of the county
 We cannot agree with the multitude "that he talks too much" \ Apubic officer and especially q Senator of the United States cannot talk too much when he makes such points as Senator Van
 Wyck has made, during and since the sitting of the last Congress. It was Van Wyck, who warned the government against issuing lands to a railroad com pany in Louisiana recently, which road had never earned the land and had no more right to them than the King of Slan. Senator Van Wyck does not hesitate to plunge his little knife into anything that holds corruption CT has a suspicious appearance. He has recently written a very pointed letter to Postmaster General Gresham in relation to the establishment of another daily mall to Deadwood, which already possesses two. one from Sidney, 3 station of the Union Pacific Railroad, and one from Pierre. on the Missouri rIver. A porlon of the Nebraska members of Congress con- ceiyed the Idea of adding service on a third route to Desdwood, the mg,l ser vice to which place already, owing to its great distance interior, costs the government four times as much as it ought to. The proposition Of third daily mail service, is simply absurd.
 In this letter he states that during the last session Of Congress a resolution was adopted by the Senate, calling upon the Postmaster General for information as to why proposals had been osked for . daily mail service from Chamberlain, on the Missouri iIver, and from Fort NiobrRra, Neb.. to DeadwoOd, Dakota. both of winch routes were entirely through an Indian country, no whites residing therein except those in the gov ernment service. The matter was fully discussed in the Senate and referred to the postollice committee and duly consid- cred. There had already been passed 6 law establishing mail rautes from points above n2med, but the committee con ciuded that 1t was unnecessary to repeaf the law establishing the routes, as the Postmaster General would not order services now that the facts were mani feat. Nothing further was heard from the matter until few days ago, when contract was made for daily mail from Niobrara to Dsadwoud, because, as above stated, portion of the Nebraska dele gatiOn had asked it. MT. Van Wyck make the point that "after the bi.Jel and costly experience of the last tvC years, first ID money stolen by th, fraudulent Star-route seIvica, and now the money being taken in reckless auG extravagant expenditure in their prose. cutIon, all of which service was recon melded and urged by members ot Co., gress, We could not believe that t. contract bureau would now seek shelte. behind that excuse" We are oi tL, opinion that the country would be much better off if there were at least score of such men as Van Wyck in Congress. With such a valuable acquisition j. would not be so easy for Star-route anl land frauds to be perpetrated upon the government and the people, and while i; might not always be smooth sailing .n Congress, bette- ports would be made.