New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-13
SENATOR VAN wYoRs REJoINDER.

THE NIoBRARA MAIL ROUTE CONTROVERSY NOT YET
ENDED.
WAsBINGToN June Ex-senator Van Wyck To-
day made another contribution to the literature Oh
the Nobrara mail route controversy by writing tne
following letter to the Postmaster-General;
iabored article in The National Republican OF yester-
day has evidently the s2nef3n ana ts eTyce from
Fort Niobrara TO Deadweod. sun c . 20 40
protection OF and dav service hundreds
Of miles through Indian reservations where no WIVES
men Psssns by the fact that this line is neither OF
the routes secured TO the Government Dy asreeo st
made with the Indians IN 1877 and that only tnroe Posy
mase,s one of them suffer OF Fort Niobrara advised
this service previous TO advertisement lor g tho
Senafe Committee unsnimouay concluded no further
atlept would be made TO lot the proposed rOntes anu
ths nepsriea1 th contFaetors bid suddenly and
quietly The matter is revived under the pIee GO the
burean defence SAYS: "Ihe Congressman was t9o, ~
the Office OF the Chief OF me Oontrcx t miles, the
be necessary readvertse tne r3ei b WORK at
lowest bidder would forward ana TAKE io Nv an adj
his former offer Miner happened 10 Ne W , on an
oning room and overheard the conveTs'loI IT,, i,,Te
Geutra ELMER and the Nebraska delegatOn ne a1 "a
daily sent word by clerk that ne wa" IL ala NOT
underfake the work at the price offered nc uiu nOO
have TO be solicited. but volunteered 70 ,aAe "ho 0o
aad IL thea and there a~arSe t ,brs was no
lesa authority 10 make the contract as they ala Inns
reveals another strange ana grave c0e SopSs and
the wonderful accident or skill born OIL Srse s
IN that are ulrk n VISION VI
have appeared 10 Miner in the prisoners dock, advising
nu 10 present himself the Post once Department at
a certain hour be conveniently IN room auJou'nE
The Cief Bureau, but not Engaged so nolseessy IA
business or distracted In thought OF the prlsVH sloo
into winch the Bureau aiding TO plunge MN Is 70
prvent MS Overnearng the conversation OF tne ChleA
a ron Of tho Nebraska delegation, ana that theh
forgetting his prosecutions and f0rgyng MS torneo
he should at once relieve the perpexed Bureau ny
sending the clerk To convey the Joyi1i tiu,n ms
that he would eheeriully accept the pre-
ferred route Strange that innocent circumstances
should the sembiance OF conspiracy III ths cse
Maer doubtless the most lnnocent peTtlOh Oh IDc
Nebraska delegation the most gulity, as VIII appear
heseaiter and lhe Contract Bureau victim, wlllng
however to be deceived. The excuse Tor TINS liega
Lee this myste1ou5ineenR ana oNercearug was
that siuee Congress adjourned strong PETITIONS pear
Endorsements OF tue Dest nen IN Seoisha anu
Dfkufa were ursing"- so says the defence.
The records of your Department show three petltons-
oss FROM Neigh 100 miles east OF fSft gu
the Inc of the Sioux City and Pacific
I40 names the carefully Omlis 10 give any 10
eity bnt IRON the text evidently comes from the Black
Hills coanry with 100 naes the thlrd ana last reple
scented t. by citizens OF Northwestern NeDiaska
which includes large territory and sparse pOpulstioh
siged eighty PERSONS bearing the ear-nrKs OF
psfcssional skill The Star reuters always operate sue
cessfullY in the region or forts auu camps
Here an army suffers, the suo-contraetors
under Miner aad Fort NiO0rara Is quet retreat or
te soldiers they hailed the excitement OF readfng ana
signing petitioa and they were accordingly uuh5eu
nsd nearly seventy soldiers ard Army teamstrs We're
transferred muster rolls TO this petton the
only one representing the suffering citizens OF NORTH
western Nebraska " leaving about twenty proDaoly
ce.uine citizens to plead for this service.
ny objection has been ~ increasing at large expense
additional daily routes Deadwood, where pubic neces
say does not demand them III the Postmaster Generai
satisfied this proposed route Is superior 20 Tue
and hat the public will be better suDserved oy
ylrira wing others and substituting this, that Is mat
tes for him TO determine