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| there, and I don't think &c viii require very
searching investigation TO locate It."
Mr. Bl.ine then read his tBlaine's) correspond
ence with exSecretary EvartS, In which the latter
| ienied that Mr. Shipherd had any authority for
| quot ng him In any way; that he had never given
rSaT9 tn the OF Coeet 70 any IN
| Europe and did not know until his return, and
len only through the public prints, that Ar.
Shipherd had been using his name.
Mr. BLAINE's OPINION OF sHIPHERp
az have~not," said Mr.. Blaine, sthe slightest
hesitation in saying that this man Shipherd
should be sent before grand jury. 1t is nat un-
Gnal,1ed Gnsl perjury on his part that ought to be
Mr.. Blaine read a letter from Mr.. Elmore de-
nouncing Shipherd's description OF his interview
with him Elmore) as false In every particular ex-
ton snss nS me mac shpheId an introduc-
cial contracts OF the Credit Industriel with the
Peruvian government
Er. Emore says In the letter: "In regard to my
alleged statement had seen marginal note
solutefy false"
Mr. Blaine's Emphatic Contradiction.
Chairman Williams having reminded the wit
ness that he had not yet made any denial OF his
own, Mr. Blaine quickly responded, 'ohl Oh. 1t is
an absolutele, detestable, out-of-the-whole-cloth
lie, and don't think the man is OF sound mind"
Mr. Blaine maintained that Shipherd's version
That he had met the late Mr. Hurlbut by the lat
ters appointment, and that they had sat upon
sofa In public corridor and held such an interview
l.
terly dfscredited any other explanation than that
Shipherd had waylaid Mr.. Hurlbut and secured
merely casual chat with him.
MT. Blaine characterized in most forcible Ian
guage the assumption OF Shipherd in assuming TO
speak Tor President Garfield as simply Infamous,
and with eloquent vehemence declared that he
was prepared to take the most. solemn oath, SO
firm were bis convictions, that President Garfield
went to his death without ever having seen or
heard OF Shipherd or hts claim.
Mr. BLAINE CALLS Mr.. BELMONT TO ACCOUNT
rQfPrr,nr
taken before the committee, asked Representative
Belmont, "where, in his (Blaine's) dispatches he
found any such language or implication as he (Bel
monp had put into his mouth?"
MT. Belmont declined TO discuss the NATTER eX-
cfpt at the proper time, which, he thought,
wonld be upon the CrOSs-examinatton.
MT Blaine replied that he called the gentle
mans attention to the matter, as he disciaimed
any such expressions as the gentleman (Mr. Bel
mont had put into his mouth In his questions to
Shipherd. He then read from the evidence one OF
MIR. Belmonrs questions, in which he prefaced an
inquiry with 'The retiring Secretary wrote hts
last dispatch on the 18th OF December, in which he
says in effect that there shall be treaty OF peace
is considered"
the gentleman will read from my dispatch and not
from his notes, and he VIII find what did say.
said to Mr.. Hurlbut: while disabusing the mind
OF the Gillian government OF any impression that
the United States meditates any interference, yet
justice would seem to demand that Landreau
should be entitled to hearing before any settle
tory which is quite another thing from what the
gentleman puts into my mouth"
MIR. BelmOnt.I am not responsible for the re-
port.
Mr.. Blaine.-Then you are incorrectly reported.
Mr.. BelmOnt-No. / think l am correctly re-
ported. mean by sin efectn the whole tenor Of
your dispatch.
Mr.. Blatne.-But You have used quotation
marks, which Implies the use OF my language. /
never used any such language.
MI. BeimonI-But l did not put the quotation
marks there.
Government Printing Office DID you not read
the proof
Mr.. Bemont-Only carelessly.
Mr. Bla!ne-Well, should say very careiessly.
Mr.. Bemont-l do not care to enter into dis
cuSsion at this time. / am responsible for the
language used in my questions.
Mr.. Enthusiastically. have called the gen.
tlemans attention TO what did say and to what
he has attributed to me that did not say.
At quarter past twelve the committee ad-
Journed till 10 am. on wednesday, when the ex-
animation OF Mr.. Blaine will be resumed.