The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-21
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Showing Up shipherd.


Washington, 20.-Wm. Henry Hurl-
but appeared before the foreign affairs
committee this morning. He declared
the whole narrative of the $50 in Steve''
telegram profound and absolute mis-
representation of facts Shipherd sought
an interview with me and stated his case
and gave me long narrative Of his rela-
tons with Blaine, and complained Bit
terly that he had not been we'll treated
by the secretary. There is no truth in
the statement that told aim l had seen
such Dispatch with a marginal note.
The story be gives Of Instructions cent to
the old admiral with con-
trary construction upon the mar
gin was q story / recognized as
having heard before He repeated this
story in highly dramatic manner. and
it Was deemed likely that Blaine might
have told him the story, but l never gave
him the slightest intimation that | had
seen dispatch with a marginal note
Shipherd has completely confused the
real facts of the incident. Having heard
the story before it was my impression at
the time of my interview with Shipherd
that Secretary Blaine had taken this
method OF indicating that 8 marginal
note might have been sent to supplement
or complete the Instructions centered in
the body OF the dispatch. The Peru
Wan minister related the incident to me.
He said in the conversation with the Sec
rotary he complained to him (the secre-
tsry) that ihe department or government
had lot taken just such q course toward
Peru or sent such instructions to Hurlbut
as he (the Peruvian minister) had ex-
pected, and the impression gathered
was that Blaine had told the Peruvian
minister, this incident to imply that he
had indicated on the margin Of this dis
patch his real views, which lcircumstance
did not admit Of bis doing in q cCnstitu- |
tlonal manner. It was simply an incl |
dent in my mini, suggested by CONVEX |
satlon with the Peruvian minister, and
did not think OF It again until the CONVEX |
satlon vito Shipherd when his relation of
the same story gave me the impression |
that q marginal note might have been |
made up on q dispatch to my brother. |
Witness relations with Blaine were |
friendly. The secretary failed 10 con-
vince witness that he was Icsrryingkou |
the policy Of Garfield. he never had |
much faith in his methods, though per- |
sonally he liked Blaine. Witness never |
heard Blaine diGapproVe of the course of |
witness brother, although he had sew
eral talks with him about the time the |
dispatch was sent expressing disappoint- |
ment. he read the following letter from |
his brother:
December 9th, 1881.
The Gillian papers are full of that
Internal Shipherd and his pretences.
They have been kicked out Of this lega-
,F ko ~ 49, ~ hVrk
he is an in Iefstigable nuisance. / hope |
In the department in reference to him |
back to the department, and l anxiously |
public. l have fears Il hope not we'll |
to slide out of the American position |
here. My personal talk with Blaine and |
Garfield, of course, will not appear in any |
official correspondence, but it was the |
move for my action. I think they will |
throw me overheard unless Congress |
backs up the American line have taken |
here. Personally care little about it, |
but must say that in BlAine's letter Of
the 22d of November to me there was q |
manifest disposition to hedge.
Witness was asked il he could state |
what his brothers understanding Of his |
instructions were, and replied: He !
understood thu. he Was to nave elastic |
powers to carry out tSe parley begun by
EVarts, to bring about peace between
Chill and Peru, to induce the South |
American republics to cease war, TO pre-
vent the spcliation Of Peruvian territory |
being made condition Of the settlement /
Of difficulties between Chill and Peru.
In response TO 8 question witness said:
ST do NO understand that Blaine
showed q dispatch with q mar
ginRl note upon it to FL |
more, Peruvian minister, but simply |
related to him the incident referred TO.
In that way only could be do what he |
wished to. Witness had heard that Cor
bin, brother-in-laW of Grant, ouce owned |
one of the Londreau claims. Stephen |
told witness that he had several letter |
from Shipherd, and one was brszen ats |
tempt at bribery, and he proposed to |
show them TO the President, who had
asked him to look into Shepherds preten-
siens. Witness advised him to first get |
at the bottom of the matter. Witness |
thought If Stephen had not taken his |
advice Blaine would have gotten rid Of
Shipherd long before he did. Witness
understood Blaine approved the plans of
the Credit Industrial in their efforts to
obviste the spoliatiou Of Peru. General |
Grant approved that view in a letter |
which Blaine saw. 1t was addressed to |
Elmore, Peruvian minister, whom Grant !
knew in Pekin. He produced this letter |
which was read,
Indian Outbreaks.