, 1881-12-26

OUTSIDE INFLUENCE IN DNAyon or Till:
NICARAGUA BC1iEMK-A. COMPANY, IN
Ct.uuiSu GEN. GRANT, THAT lslSIENEsr-
Ed IN THE Mon1ficArloN or TILE Clay
: ToS-ltu1.wEls TltEArY.
WAslIINuTOS, u. T., Dec. 93-Another
business aiFair Is Interested In Mr.. Blaine's
diplomatic correspondence. Although t!leru
thero is 1lo more evidence TINT Mr.. HlaI,lu Is
connected with tic Nicaragua Cnnal Com-
pany tllnn there was Of Ills connection with
tho Peruvian company, 1t is n fact, never
theless, TINT projected corporation OF
which, strangely enough, ox-pusideut Grant
Is o,Io Of the charter l.cnhcrs, Is deeply cotl-
cernct III tho proposed modification ut tho
Clayton.Dnlwer treaty. Little Inura tl.an Il
yuar ago Engineer Ale,ocat, Of tho Unltct{
Suites navy, obtained II concession from tAo
nlsatnaa ts st1os ooef'S of to y Unca stsss ssf
wero, given the privilege Ut building
a., M lntesoccanlc slll,-canal oynr nsuo.
year and thls ysar bills wefs intru,iacea II!
congress incorp0rNttng lhc Nicaragua Canal
Company. 1t will By necessary, Tho pro-
tcctass OF tho enterprise think. IL secure tho
abr0Eation Or modification Of t!le treaty tn
guarantee BY thls Government OF tho y Der
cent dividend on thu cost Ut tho canal sought
for In the charter.
a number Of prominent pnb!lc men are in
Grant Thess aro M liz frIenl t;ei. BsaI, Gil: :
Eress,nan Crapo OF Massachusetts, Admiral
Aninlon. Commissioner l.UrinE, tx-UlHlrlct
Comm! !ss[0ner Phelps, and Cungresss,,an k,.s-
s serss M II G to lose nS el p esa @ s sas arc e IT,
tliusfnstle believers III the feasibility and
lMpursnnCe Of t!la prn1ecl. So fur as cnn bo
lenrliel Mr. Hlain0 Inns no Interest Whit
syor III ti,e affair. II Is tlle Intention
to SECURE ti.o pnssaEn u the charter IT.
hliltur. OF California. Thu lncnrpnraturs sRy
tlat tie nra asslArctt Of the necessary capital
an!t they further say tllat l,u Government
WILL nover ho called ilEn'i for dollAr unter
tho guarantee. They aro convinced Ut Tho
tmpraclcabi!tty OF tho schemes bo1h Of DO
Keca,ity, hoiwuycr, Clan. Grant,, who last
spring published I'LL nrtic!o fn tlls Nnrtl.
4A1ncrtea! Rcnic!p In tRynr OF tue project
tas been tncliIlea to withdraw fr0ln It nt,tl
however, not yet formally Withdrawn, a.ri il
u Tie lOiD nf tie projectors Ut the calial tint
lle will continue Il, b, associated witt. them.
The effort recently lnnte BY Mr. hasso,l t3 ST.
euro tie appointment at i special committee
on the tHtoroccanlc canal WIS @ !! @'!!oyo in tayorr
Of the Nicaragua project. lhc'c0mnllttee of
tho lust C0nKress vl tlts subject. untlur tho
Clta!rsnanshlp ot III: King 1T Lou!siana, WIS
uctlteuay III !avhf Ut lIle LatIS 8nlpsfallWay
scheme 1t rcl!aa'ltcpec. It IS supposed that
Mr.. kasson knows whit he Ii About tn
ln0vtug for committee ut tl,is session, and
that llu understands that Spuaker Keller will
apIMlnt q committee which will look ut tito
himself dues. This would nean u favorable
report to the 1lollse for Atr. 5llIler's bill.
.fl!e result, however, lnay. bo compromised
between tic EAls aIltl the NlcsIragua scl,ol4e.
At any rate It nInY bu safely assumed ti4lt
strong pressure from tho outside lit {ay1,r
OF M ll,ter0cunnlu ship cAfial Will b. uln0ng
the Interesting developments OK the presunt
winter.
.Ex-Speaker Randall is strongly opposo&t to
all projects of this character. Last winter tt
was h!s Influence. lnrgely. thas prevented the
consideration at eltter OF thu two bills tllat
chanRel WIS sufficiently, shown, BY hIs d.
lection tlle other lay to tho consideration Of
Ar. Kasson's resolution to apnoltlt tho
speclal intoroceunic Canal Committee.