Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-06-13

tnereon snail be annually included in the District
tax levy and paid into the Treasury OF the United
states, ana that any surplus OF water rents over
and above the expenses OF maintaining the works
nl anW apPenaages ana paying prior interest charges
United States and credited to the capital account
thus created until the same shall be finally eXtin
guished.
THE BILL PASSED.
The amendment Of Mr.. Hewitt was then agreed
70, and the bill passed without record vote.
THE CREDIT INDUSrRIEL.
House Foreign Affairs Committee
He COntradicts Mr. Randall.
The examination OF Mr.. Blaine was resumed be-
fore the House committee on foreign affairs this
morning. Chairman Williams called Mr. Blaine's
attention to passages In the printed testimony Of
MIR. Robert E. Randall, relative to the Credit In
dustrieL Mr.. Blaine in substance stated that Mr.
Randall, who was utter stranger to him fwit-
nesS), nrst approached him in February, 1881 ;
sent his card to witness in the Senate chamber,
ana began conversation on the assumption that
he lW1tneSS) was a member OF President Garield'S
cabinet He (witness) waived the assumption,
however, and as far as possible the conversation
Witness had no reason to believe that Mr. Randall
would intentionally misrepresent; but no such
conversations as he RandalD had testified in re-
gard 10 ever took place. He <witness did not look
upon Mr.. Randall as the person with whom to dis
cnss G the affairs OF the Credit Industrlel. The
Was 6er of high
both he and SuareZ had been very persistent In
pressing the objects OF the company upon the at
ttntion OF the State department. Mr.. Blaine said
he told the Count de MOntferrand that the action
which he desired the government to take was
wholly inadmisstble He informed him that the
government did not desire to obstruct the COM
pany If their object was to aid Peru. Mr. Blaine
then read letter addressed to Mr.. Evarts and
which the plans Of the company WE We're REP plainly l
stated-namely, to pay an indemnity OF $4,000
POUNDS a i sterling per annum for term of years,
amounted to 45, 100000 pounds sterling
MR.. BLAINE FLATLY CONTRADICTED
many OF the statements made by Mr.. Randall
He said he {witneSs) never asked Mr. Randall il
Mr. Hurlbut, as minister to Peru, would be accept
able to his company, and never intimated to him
(RandalD what instructions would be given to Mr..
Hurbut or to Mr.. Trescott He asserted most posi-
lively that the State department never for mo-
ment countenanced the idea OF an American pro-
tectorate. The idea was never taken into consid-
GRAFTON in the Instructions which were given to
Mr. Hurlbut and to Mr.. Trescott. In fact it never
had lodgment in the State department. Such
policy would have been a terrible blunder on the
part of this government
MR. BLAINE's OPINION.
Mr.. Blaine took occasion to say that, in his opin-
Ion, peace would ere this have been established
between Peru and Chilli had not Mr.. Trescott's in
struct1ons been revoked; that permanent peace
never will be secured except through outside pres
or let some European power Intervene; that in his
(WltneSso opinion the United States will soon be
compelled to take much more decided ground than
he (witness) took; that the U.s. cannot play dog
In the manger and say: II won't intervene, or let
any one else either"
ENGLISH INFLUENCE.
Mr.. Blaine was asked If he desired to make any
further statements, and replied that he desired to
say in reference to his former testimony before the
committee that In his allusion to English influence
ne did not mean the English cabinet, but English
influence In the sense Of British interests He
thought the action orthe British minister at Lima
highest degree and such as-if he had been an
American minister-would have cost him his
position. He then stated that the conduct to
which he referred was the preparation by
Sir Spencer St John OF a bogus treaty
between the U. s. and Peru, which he sent to the
Chilian government and which greatly incensed
them against Mr.. HurIbut and the q. s.; that Mr.
Hurlbut called him to task for it, and he replied
that it was merely joke. ''This reply" said Mr.
Blaine, ''Mr. Hurlbut properly characterized as a
very frivolous and indecent way of getting out Of
a dtShOnOrable transaction"
MR.. BLAINE CORRECTs HIS TESTIMONY AS To THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESS.
Mr.. Blaine then added: 'sThere is one other point
In NIX previous testimony upon which desire to
make correction appear to have spoken of the
dirty democratic press I should have said the
dirty portion OF the democratic press because all
the better elements OF the democratic press in
discussing this subject, have taken high and pat
notic ground. II had said the dirty portion of
republican press should have expressed myself
on record"
The committee adjourned till 10 O'Clock to-mor.