The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-07-26
CONE BEATH!
Or Choke Of Blaine on ,he
Peruvian Matter.

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r Washington, 25.-The House com
5 mlttee on foreign affairs, TO-DAY, by
4 unanimous vote, recommended IT'S
} FORMER decision in regard to the
, statement recently received from
eX-Secretary Blaine. in response TO
one submitted by Robt. E. Randall
ana without objection the statement
VI bIalne was made part of the
: record OF the proceedings
Inc PERUVIAN Investigation com
Mute also decided 10 hermit
randall to submit an addi-
tIonal statement, if he SO desfris.
Ex-Secretary Blaine sent a LONG let
ter III reply TO the supplementary
statement made to thar COMMITTEE
Dy ROBERT Randall. The letter be-
AUGUSTA, MAINE, July 2l, 80.
Hon. ChGs. g. Williams Cb.oir,, m,
Commit tee on Foreiqn Afnf1.S
House Of ReDresentatioes. go .
SiT-I have received A conv of +bo
supplementary statement which
Robert E. Randall has been
permitted to place befora
your honorable COMMITTEES AZ
RandalPs statement relates solely
to my official conduct as Sec
rotary of state, I respectfully ask
the. privilege of repl ying to his
various accusations. l am also en-
titled to the privilege of answering
the testimony of Gilmore, minister
from Peru, who associates himself
with Randall as a corroborative
witness. Blaine then takes up fine
subject OF the Credit Industrial.
with regard to which correspon-
dence was in progress when he was
appointed secretary of state. and
quotes the proposition known as
"Gulllaume programme" made by
that company and set forth in a
letter from Count Wonderland
and Mr.. LuareZ to Evarts. This
proposition, Blaine says,was founded
upon the idea Of an American pro-
tectorate, and was in effect that the
United States should recognize and
constitute credit industrial gen
er2l liquidation for the benefit of
bondholders and creditors of all res
ident in Europe. This proposition.
Blaine said, 1 always rejected, and
never consented to entertain for a
moment. The United States was
perfectly willing European bond
holders should get their pay in any
honorable manner, but the idea of
making this governments guarantee
for the credit industrial of France
and of extending the American pro-
tectorate over portion of Peru for
benefits of the subjects of four
European nations, is a piece of wild
policy which may be safely left to
the authorities and representatives
of the Guillaume programme. in
Guiding their attorney, Robert Ran
dali. Blaine then gu ties a number
of extracts from his correspondence
with Minister Hurlbut, to show that
it was never his intention to urge
the programme of the credit in
dustrial the government of Peru,
and that connection you will ex-
anime and report to this department |
promptly any plans which may be |
suggested.
Hurlbut never understood it to be |
his duty to uphold or favor that
company. Extracts Civ en- from |
Hurlbut's letter are, Blaine says, in |
conflict with the position assigned |
him by Randall and Eldger, and he
adds the written statements of men
must stand against a recital of |
chance conversation, reported after
he is dead. Blaine says the only |
reference to the question of provid-
ing money indemnity for Peru was
in the instructions to |
Prescott and was in the following
words: IF a negotiation you be as
sured of the ability of Peru 10 furn-
ish indemnity, it will be a matter of
direct interest. Upon this subject
we have no information upon which
definite instructions can be based.
while you will carefully withstand
from interpositiOn. In this closing
Blaine continues to di-
rect the minister carefully to alb
stain from any interpOSitiOn and
IT'LL leave any plans for providing
IN indemnity to be suggested by
Peru, and to bereported to the de-
)artment Of state. The extracts
AVE now given present every word,
ever sent by telegraph or mail r E.
erTing, directly or by implicati n
o the credit industrial. If thereobe
he slightest inconsistency or
han e from the beginning to the
am unable, after acareful review, |
o procure it.
In every way possible 1 guarded
oveTnment against being commit
ed to guarantee that. corporation or
0 the idea Of an American protec-
oral as embraced in guillaume pro-
ramme presented by Randall at
be same time l always expressed
God will to the corporation and
oped its agency might be benefc-
ally employed for the relief of
'eru, if Peru could devise a plan to
hat end. It seems to have been
sandall's misfortune that he could
OF draw a distinction between
7ishing success to a corporation and
ecoming responsible for its acts.
~ Randa1l's mode Of reasoning to
Tish a man prosperity in business,
J to offer to endorse his notes in a
ank and guarantee him against loss
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