The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-03-02
THE SOUTH AMERICAN COMPLI.
CATION.

The effort OF tho House Of Representatives
10 get TO tho bottom Of tho gigantic scheme Of
tho Peruvian Company" to use tho American
Government % : means Of gobbing" Peru,
has not yet proved successful. Government
has laid before tho House "completo tram
scripts" OF the letters indicated In the resolu-
ton Of request OF tho 9th inst, and has also
supplied tho suppressed parts Of tho letters
previously laid before the House. Most Of the
letters furnished were written BY the chief Of
tho Peru speculaton-Ar. Jacob r. 6hiphord-
to Minister Hurlbut They arc spiatles Of .
most extraordinary character They rcp-
resent Shepherd, In his character Of
chief agent Of the Peruvian Com.
psny, q having tho most , intimate ::
distinguished public men and great capitalists.
Among the former were U. y. Grant. John
Sherman, ]. ID. Cameron, hoscOe Conkllng,
senator Blair, Senator Eugene Hale, Senator
Dawes, Collector Robertson, ex-senator Eaton,
George 8. boutwell,, Scott Lord. A. =. Hewitt
Z. d. Morgan, Hugh Mccullough, w. II. Van
derbilt, w. L. Scott Sidney Dillon, w. w.
Astor, Howard Crosby, and dftcon or twcnty
other notable capitalists, bankers, ctc. II %
not represented that I'll those persons stood IN
the relation Of share-owners, Or = having any
direct interest In the Peruvian Company, but
that such Of them - were not were expected
to become Interested. II was By their enlistment
that the Peruvian Company WA 70 10 made
sstrong in it, personnel" o tho great pro-
iector wrote to Marshall Jewell
It appears TO have BEEN thought essential
that the great Peruvian Company should DO
not only "strong In ito personnel but strong
also In tho number OF Its newspaper organs, 81
which II was TO have had ono IN Chicago ono 10
Cincinnati and two In New York.
The conspicuous men who are represented -
being drawn into tho scheme, By ~ interest Of
soms sort, are George .. Boutwell, Senator
Blair, Scott Lord, ex-senator Eaton, U. y.
Grant and Roscoe Conkling. For the satisfac-
ton Of Mr.. Hurlbut, who probably had cx-
pressed doubt OF the responsibility OF the Pcru-
Wan Company, Shipherd informed hum that
"our star Of counsel included tho
above named gentlemen. Boutwell, has pre-.
pared conclusive brief IN support Of I'll our
tween tho Secretary lot Statel aud myself
when Am away from Washington" The spe-
cial Office OF Grant seems 10 have Ocen that OF
guide, philosopher and friend. !" Most radical
suggestions Of policy - yet suggested have tho
hearty autograph approval o. ten. Gran. ant who
need no aid from me 10 estimate" Judge
Lord had also prepared brief FOR the compa-
nv. in which "Dputwell concurs aud Eaton
substantially concura" What active service
tie other members Of the "sta6 Of counsel"
performed does not appear.
mjuisecr MOreom,s Nanac Involved.
A Washington dispatch says: There are daily
new Developments In the South American COM
plication. Some days since there was pub
lishcd, from advance sheets OF the Chili-Peru
correspondence, = letter from Levi /. Morton,
Uuited States d, MISTER to France, from which
il appeared not only that Mr.. Morton WAS very
anxious that Peru should not bc dismembered.
hut was confcrring with President drcvy With
1 view 10 possible union between France and
the United States TO protect the respective in
terests Of French and American citizens in
Peru, This letter OF Minister Morton bears date
Aug, II, 1881. Mr.. Blame. in reply, rejected
any entangllng alliance with European pow
er. Il appears that ten days after Minister
Morton had sent his letter to Mr.. Blame. the
firm Of Morton, Bliss 4 Co., OF which Minister
Morton Is the senior and chief member, en-
tered into contract, in the city Of Paris,
reau, OF Paris, the representatives OF the So
ciete Generate de Credit IndustriAic OF Com
mercial, for tho sale Of the guAno
and nitrates coded TO this company by
the Peruvian Government This contract
was negotiated through Robert = Randall, Of
tnua0eipnles uIotueI " Su0 cA-cP0Seoss ~
provides, in substance. that Morton, Bliss &
| Co. shall become agents Of this French com
| panv for the salo OF the nitratea and guAno
ceded 70 that company BY the Peruvian Gov
| eminent
For this service Morton, Bliss 3 Co. arc TO
receive commission OF 5per cent Il 10 need
| lees to say that unless Minister Morton can OK
| PLAIN this extraordinary contract with his 6rm.
| the Emma Mine scandal u likely 70 prove In
Significant in comparison with tho GuAnoni-
trale contract Of the United States 1inistee 70