Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-05-02
A BLAST FlOM BLAIR.

| He Contributes His Quota OF knowledge
Which is Small. to the Testimony Con
corning the Peruvisn Company and
| "President shipherd"-No Members o.
| Congress Implicated.
WASHINGTON, May 1.-Senator Blair ap
peared before the foreign affairs committee
to-day, and began by reading a general state
ment In relition to the subject under investl'
| cation, in effect, as follows: l know nothing
of the membership of the Peruvian company
except its president, Shipherd; I do not know
of any member of either house 10 any way con.
nected with 1t except myself land my connection
with 1t was purely as counsel, with no pecu-
mary interest whatever in the company, and
NJ expectation whatever Of pecunary reward.
The statement then rehearsed, at some
length, the situation of affairs in Peru and
Chilli and the writer's sym pathy with Peru
and desire TO prevent her acknowledgment,
which led him to take an interest In The pur.
pos and objects of the Peruvian company
Witness said he preferred retainer In
money " he took any. Shortly after he
(ShiDh I'd; sent he wtbess some scrip, which
ne subsequently, returned for the reasons al
ready reported.
The witn+ss continued: $50 far as know,
the affair of Shipherd had no Influence what.
+ver upon the policy Of our government, and
never had he effect tn alter or change it in
any conceivable deg ee."
Witness then alluded to the interview with
SECRETARY Blaine which took place on the 25th
and 2Sth of July, and added: II have no de.
sire TO 60 over in detail what occurred at these
interviews, unless 1t be the wish of
The committee that shall do SO.
| desire to state that never
heard Shipherd make any mention in the pres,
ence of Blaine or any other occasion in my
presence of his having made an offer tn Minus.
ter Hlrlbut of $250,0O0 stock in the Peruvian
company; neither did I ever have any CORE
spondence with Minister Hurlbut on the sub
let OF the Peruvian company. Witness had
received letter from Hurlbut, but never 40.
swered it. III the letter Hurbut mentioned
having received m my communications from
ShIphtrd and said he could not make him
(Shlpherd) understand that he (Hurl-
butt could not act In the matter
except on Instructions from the state dep,rt-
ment. Witness first saw long letter of
Shipherd to Walker Blaine when he saw it in
The printed report of Shepherds examination
before the committee. H had, however, been
requested by Secretary Blaine to inform Ship
heri that he (Blain.) did not wish him (Ship-
herd) to hold any correspondence with any
subordinate of the state department, and this
desire he had verbally conveyed TO Shlpherd
Witness knew nothing If the Credit Industrial
or their contract with Cal deron.
In relation to his (Blair'.) letter to Shipherd,
in which he says. won should act as though
Anne rican ships of war were on The way" wit
ness believed our government ought to con-
slider the kidnapping of Calderon breach If
good faith towards this country, and while
he did not at that time entertain Shepherds
apprt hension of any war, he had thought it
likely American ships Of war would be sent
to South American waters, as English ships
had already been Iepresented Bount stated
he wished to have Blair's statement in print
before proceeding with any further examina
ton and the committee went into secret ses-
sion. Blair's examination will be resumed
Wednesday or Thursday.