Hand County press. (Miller, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1893, 1882-03-01
THE PERUVIAN SCANDAL.


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The effort Of the House AZ Representatives
TO get to the bottom Of tho gigantic scheme Of
the Peruvian Company, " q use the American
Government as means Of . eobbing" Peru,
has not yet proved successful Government
has laid before the House "complete tran
scripts T" Of the letters indicated in the resolu-
ton Of request Of the 9Th INST, and has also
supplied the suppressed parts of the letters
previously laid before the House. Most OF the
letters furnished were written BY tho chief Of
the Peru spectators Mr.. Jacob n. shipherd-
to Minister HuIlbut They are epistles OF
most extraordinary character. They rep
resent shipherd, in his character OF
chief agent Of tho Peruvian Com
pany. S-as having th sSaost intimate
and confidential relations 70 large numoer or
distinguished public men ami great capitalists.
Among the former were U. 3. Grant. John
Sherman, J. u. Cameron, Ioscoe Conkling,
Senator Blair, Senator Eugene Hale, Senator
Dawes. Collector Robertson. ex-senator Eaton,
George s. Boutwell,, Scott LORD, A. s. Hewitt
and Marshall Jewell. Among the latter we're
T. ID. Morgan, Hugh McCuIlough, W II. VAN
derblt w. j. Scott Sidney Dillon, w. w.
Astor, Howard Crosby, and fifteen or twenty
not represented that all these persons stood in
the relation OF share-owners or rs having any
direct interest in the Peruvian Company, but
that such of them as were not were expected
to become interested. Itwas ly their enlistment
that the Peruvian Company was to be made
"strong in its personnel" as the great pro-
jec.oI wrote to Marshall Jewell.
1t appears to have been thought essential
that the great Peruvian Company should he
not only "strong in lis personnel" but strong
also in the number OF its newspaper organs, OF
which 1t was TO have had ons III Chicago, one in
Cincinnati and two in New York.
The conspicuous men who are represented as
being drawn into the scheme, by an interest OF
some sort, are George b. Boutwell,, Senator
Blair, Scott Lord. ex-senator Elton, u. 3.
Grant and Roscoe Conkling. For the sltisfac-
ton of III. Ha,itui, who probably had ex-
pressed doubt OF the Tespectability OF the Peru
Wan Company, Shipherd informed him that
"our staf OF counsel " included the
above named gentlemen. BJutwell "has pre-
pared conclusive brief in support OF all our
demands" Blair is ''the Intermediary be-
tween the Secretary tof Statel and myself
when am away from Washington" The spe-
cial Office Of G1aut seems TO have been that OF
guide, philosopher and friend. Most radical
suggestions Of policy as yet suggested have the
hearty autograph approval Of ten. Grant, who
is now one OF us. The significance Of this you
need no aid from mo to estimate" Judge
Lord had also prepared brief for the compa-
ny, in which "BJutwell concurs aud Eaton
substantially coucurs." What active service
the other members Of the "staff OF counse"
performed does not appear.
Minister NfortOn's Name Involved.
A washingt Oh d spatch rays There are daily
new developments in the South American COM
plication s,ome days since there was pub
"a, ~ tl,s
corTespondtnce. = letter irnm Levi i. Morton,
United States NJ Hhtsr TO France, from which
il appeared not only that Mr.. Morton was very
ANXIOUS that Perm should not be dismembered,
but Was conferriny aita President erevy with
a view to 4 possible union between France and
the United States t. protect the respective in
terests az French and American citizens in
Peru. This letter OF Minister Morton bears date
Aug. IL, 1881. Mr.. Blame, in reply, rejected
aiiy euiangllng alliance with Europesn pow
er. 1t appears that ten days after Minister
Mortoa hal sent his letter to Mr.. Blaine, the
firm Of Morton, B is, Il Co., o: which Minister
Morton i, the senior and chief Iaember, en-
tered into q contract. in the city Of Paris,
France, with redro, Louis and Henry CANT
rear, OF Faris, the representatives OF TIE So
ci, ,te Generate de Cf,d.t industriaie ct Gem
me;cial, for the sale of the gusEo
snj Ditratos coded To this company by
tho Peruvian Government. This contract
was negotiated through Robert 4. Randall, of
Phil tdelphia, bro br OF the ex-Speaker. 1t
provides, in sub.tauce, that Morton, Bliss d
10. shall become agents OF this French COM
pauy for the siIc OF the nitrates and guano
ceded TO that company by the Peruvian Gov
ernment
For this service Norton, Bliss d Co. are to
receive q commission of 5p.r cent. 1t is need
less to say that unless Minister Morton can ex-
PLAIN this extraordinary contract with his hrm,
the Emma Mine scandal is likely to prove in-
significant in comp rison with the guano- nj
trate contract OF the United States Minister TO
Eran