Daily Kennebec journal., 1882-02-22
8zilp &enntbsf 5Durnal.
Augusta, Wednesday Morning. Feb. "a.
Mr.. Blaine and the Peruvian Com
0anieA.

Mr.. Blaine and the Peruvian Com
panies.
The attempt to fasten upon Mr.. Blaine
some connection with companies having
claims-or pretending to have claims
upon property in Peru. has proved COM
plete failure, covering its authors with rid
3cule. These persons made loud clamor
for the publication Of names which were
suppressed in Shepherds correspondence.
alleging that if they were published Mr..
Blaine's name would appear among them.
~ stockholder in the Peruvian Com
pany. The names have been given to the
public and Mr.. Blaine's is not among
them. They appear in Shepherds cor
respondence az follows:
Amops the representative gentlemen With whom
An air,ady or snail be 10 confidential negotiations
in The premise, may nsm~ .uch a. these: T.. ID.
Morgan, " z Dodge. Hugh Mccullough, Sovin
Green, W. r. Garrison. A. B~imnn', y. Is. hiften-
bilt John sherman, tug~ne Hall, Mura' iIal-fead,
Whiselaw Reid. Fi-k liza ch. samuel sloan
Narshsll Jewell, II. I, Dawes. }. u Babsock, John
Chosfe. o. s. Grant A. A. Low. !. II. Wade. II
Payne, Hornce white. David Dows Co. Io.eph
MediIl. H. Is. Hyde. A. :. Hewitt. W. l.. scott d.
Cameron. Howard Cro.by. Hobson. Hurfafo Co
Sidney Dillon. Morton. Bliss 60. " u. Cianin, A.
8. Barns, Henry Hilton. J. 4 W sellgman Co.
NIX Jesup Co., Drex.i. Morgan l. Co, William
W. Asior Horace 7. Cssweli; and out OF ii.t less
select and r-prr-enistive, the ganization VIII DE-
exclusively made.
It Is proper to say that this list, which
il made up of democrats and republicans.
and contains the name OF General Grant.
was entirely unauthorized by the persons
mentioned. and is The scandalous work OF
Shipherd. Many Of them have been inter-
viewed. and all declare they knew nothing
Of their names being connected with Ship
herds scheme. Shipherd tried to entrap
Mr.. Blaine. but only succeeded in receiv-
ing merited rebuke, Mr.. Blaine address,
ing him u letter in which he (Shipherd)
was advised that his name was struck from
the list of attornies allowed to practice be-
fore the State Department, and that his
correspondence would be submitted to the
President. with the view Of determining
whether criminal proceeding should be
brought against him by the Attorney Gen.
eral.
The Chili-Peruvian correspondence Of
the State Department. every line Of it. has
Just been made public in volume of 700
pages, and whoever will may read it as
much as he pleases. In the entire cores
pondence between Mr. Blaine and Mr..
Hurlbut there is no reference whatever
made TO the Peruvian company by either
Of them. except to condemn it and de-
nounce it. There is no mention made of
the Cochct claim except to declare that it
has no ground whatever for asking the
good offices Of the United States. Mr..
Blaine wrote that it had no foundation,
and Mr.. Hurlbut replies that it is nothing
but swindle. From the beginning to the
end of the correspondence there is not one
word even toleraiing the Cochet claim.
Mr.. Blaine's friends. however. are asking.
says the Washington correspondent of the
Tribune. "Why did the State Depart
mcnt withhold these names when the cor
respondence was originally sent to the
Senate ?'' The same writer adds. They
were suppressed and it took several
weeks delay and special resolution of
the House to get them. Meanwhile the
air was full of rumors that Secretary
Blaine would be found to be stakeholder
and his intimate friends would be found
behind and beneath the Peruvian Com
pany. Instead of that the most dis
tinguished person who seems to have had
any actual connection with Shipherd is
General Grant. who gave him letter of
introduction to the President; and nothing
appears of Blaine in the matter ut all ex-
ccpt the letters of the Secretary exposing
the swindle and advising Shipherd that il
the President were willing he should be
handed over to the Attorney General for
criminal prosecution. The publication OF
the names proves that the Shipherd cor
respondence could have done no one any
injury if published in the first place. and
that fact. which must have been pa
tent to those who caused the suppression
of the names. makes it difficult to under
stand ii. Whatever the reason was.
throagh the Withholding of the names the
stalwart newspapers got a good start In
misrepresen,ing MIR. Blaine"
So much for Mr.. Shipherd and the
Peruvian Company and the attempt
through them TO injure MIR. Blaine. There
10 but the Landreau claim yet to be
mentioned and that is disposed of as
follows by the Washington correspondent
Of the Tribune:
This claim never had any connection what.
ever with the Peruvian Company The
family Of Landreau lives in this city, Land.
reau himself is a United States Consul in
Cuba. and his attorneys and representatives,
who are reputable persons. deny that tn,
Peruvian Company ever had the slightest
ownership in the Landresu claim. Nor was
there any truth in the of repeated statement
that the Lsndreau claim Was for Sl25. .o00.-
600. At the extreme limit il was oniy fnr