The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-04-25
Mr.. Blaine Appears Rerore that Conn.,
mittee and Places Mr.. Ship.
herd In Very Du,
bious Light.
Inc Versatile Shipherd Refuted at All
Points. and Confusion is
Worse Confounded.
What Transpired In the Capital Yes.
terday...Sayings of the Solons
of the House.
The New York Post on Fatures--The
Stock Market.
Crimes and Casualties...Tires and Fail.
ures.
Other Foreign and Domestic News.
Washingt0n Notes,


Washington Notes.
WASHINGTON, April 2l.--Mr. Blaine an
peared before the foreign affairs committee
and denied the various statements of Sh;r,.
herd, and produced letters from Senator
bair, Cragin and others to support his de-
MAJ OF Shepherds statements that he told
Blaine OF the offer Of $25O,0OO to Hnrlhut
On November 18th Blaine instructed
Hnrlbut not to extend the good offices Of
tnis government to the purchase of the
elaim. lShipherd's letter referring to the
ueieSuVe title OF the claim has already been
pu9nshed.l 10 this Blaine replied that he
TOOK pleasure. in commencing Hurlbut's
action In sending hitherto correspondence
IN the case, and added: Perhaps l should
mitigate somewhat the severity of nv
language in view of the possibit-
ity OF the fact that Shipherd IS
not moi wholly in his right mind.'s
rms ended the correspondence between
tne state department and Minister Hurl--
but on the Cochet claim.
Beaumont inquired: "Was there not n
subsequent dispatch?n
Blaine explained that the Peruvian com
pany succeeded to the Cochet claim. and
Shipherd informed him that cx,Senators
Gonkling and Eaton would soon start for
Peru in its interests, and after that he
wrote the dispatch, such as would always
% given where Americans of high
the Cochet claim, it was found TO be
Peruvian, in behalf Of which the depart
ment could not, under the circumstances.
use Its officers, but the Peruvian company,
being on American company, was entitled
to the kind offices of our minister In nnv
investigation that might be made. In re-
gard to Shepherds story about the $3.50, 600
bribe offered to Hurlbut, the following let
ter was read:
WASHINGTON, April 10.--Hon. James G. Blaine.
DEAR SIR Ineyer heard Shipherd state
TO you that he had offered Hurlbut $780,
0OO stock. never heard he made
such an offer until read
in the published reports In evidence before
the foreign affairs committee.
lSigned.] HENRY w. BLArn. y
Elaine read..similar letters ..of denial from
| ex-Secretary boutwell,, Scott, Land, ex. Sena-
tor Craigin and William II. Robertson and
raised ageneral laugh by adding: "There
Is a very large liz, out there, and don't
tnink II Will require very searching inves-
tigation to locate it,
dence with Secretary Evarts, in which the
latter denied that Shipherd had ever given
any opinion, or been asked to give any
Whatever, in regard to the Cochet claim.
that he was absent in Europe, and did not
know until his return, and then only
through the pubic prints, that Shipherd
had been using his name.
=! have not" said Blaine, "the slightest
hesitation lt;t in saying that this man shipherd
perjury. 1t is fiat, unqualified Der.
jury on his part. that ought to be
properly punished. Blaine read letter
from Elmere,. in which the following pas
sage occurs: 'ln regard to my alleged
statement | had seen The marginal
note. GO in Steve / need not assure.
you il is absolutely false"
Chairman Williams reminded witness
he had not yet supplemented this state
ment of Elmeres with any denial of his
own. to which Blaine responded:
"0h. sir! 1t Is an absolutely detestable ont
ofthe whole cloth lie, and Idon't think the
man is ofsound mind"
Blaine then desired to say something in
relation to the interview between ShipRertfl
and Hurlbut inasmuch as Shipherd's YER
sion involved the good name of the dead
president and the dead minister. He then
read Shipherd's version, and with the re-
mark, with both of these gentlemen dead
II may be matter Of some difficulty To-
uisprove these statements except inferen-
italy, but II seems TO be the grossest faise-
hoods, and will eRdeavor to Show IL to be
the case" He then pointed out the.
absurdity of Shepherds Version. By thc.
latter's appointment thew sat npon & sofa
in public corridor; and he denied sncb In
terview as Shipherd describes, and utterly
discredited any other explanation than thar
Shipherd seeing by the paners that Unri.
but was at the Fifth Ayennc hotel wav,a;a
him and secured moietv Of cosno, tait' IN {
public. Blaine charncterized in Tho mos,
iorcible Language the nresnmnt;on '"oos oi-
Shipherd IN Assuming 10 sneak for pes;.
eloauent vehemenca Asc,ara% Vus' hs' a mmu WIN
pared to take the most solemn oath 40