Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-07-24

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ESPECIAL TO THE RECORD usIoSI
DOMESTIC.
The ChiIe-Peru Matter-sbipherd's state
ment TO the Public.
| CHICAGO. July 23d.-Jacob R. Shipherd
has furnished for the uss of the pres5 an
| S4-page pamphlet. entitled 'rhe rejected
testimony of Mr.. Jacob R. Shipherd, refused
| by the Committee on Foreign Affairs Of the
House Of Representatives, in session at
Washington, May II, 1882" He p.efaces
this testimony with personal note to the
| public, in which he ironically refers TO the
late Chilean Minister at Washington, Senior
Don Marcial Martinez, and to Blaine, as the
men who had discovered that the Peruvian
Company was specter, intriguing for the pos
session of property belonging to Americans.
The testimony submitted is, he says, that
which he prepared in advance for the commit.
tee. After submitting some documents, being
mostly his own letters to Secretary Blaine,
General Grant the Peruvian Minister, etc.,
and few being letters from General Grant
approving his (Shipherd's) action in the mat.
ter, he reviews the testimony of Rurlbut,
editor of the World, snd claims that in the
most essential point Huribut's testimony con-
firms his. To disprove Blaine's statement
that the President did not even know there
was Peruvian Company, he produces Secre-
tary Stanley Brownies letter saying the Pres
| ident had received Shepherds letter on the
subject, and referred it to the Secretary of
State. Shipherd is particularly severe on
| Blaine. and declares that bis only wish in
testifying voluntarily was to vindicate his
foreign policy, and to try to dissipate Ship
| herds testimony. He maintains, however,
that Blaine did not materially contradict him.
He berates the committee for allowing him
to be asssiled by Blaine. He declares, re-
gardipg the letters produced by Blaine from
Shepherds counsel, that Blaine's testimony
contredicted his latter, and that the other
letters were incorrect where they contradicted
his testimony. He produces kilograms from
Senator Blair to show that the interview of
July let never occurred, but that he first met
Blair July 22i. He discredits Robert Christy
as witness, even il his letters submitted by
Blaine were pertinent to the issue, and finally
breaks out with the exclamation
that it is wearisome to meet in detail
half Of Blaine's facile inventions He
takes up the testimony OF j. T.
Emore, and proceeds to show how easily
this little man lies.'' Shipherd then rsverts
to correspondence between Blaine and Evarts
of last April, which Blaine introduced to
| SNOW LlaG EFdELS QtAltu kuUWluR
and had never given him legal advice. He
explains that Evarts had, in casual CONVEX
sation on the Cochet claim, given the opinion
referred to. He does not wonder that
Evarts had forgotten it. He submits
an affidavit of James Montgomery,
Vice President of the Palace Stock Car
Company of New York, in confederation.
He criticises Whitelaw Reds forgetfulness,
and produces letter from him wishing
.:.l- I'D oil H. lL,,A
was upright and honorable and received from
me the offer of bride of quarter of mil
lion to corrupt his official action, and made
no response of scorn and rebuff to me, and
gave no warning to his Government nor the
public for five months, and during that time
kept up continuous correspondence with
me, the whole tenor of which was to assure
me he would gladly co operate with me, and
even begged me to secure special instructions
conformable to my wishes, to be cabled, and
also wrote Blair and Boutwell, to the same
effect, what shall We say of him ~
Shipherd casts considerable DOUBT upon
Blaiue's declaration that certain docu-
ments which were presented to President
Garfield never came to his (Blsine's) notice.
and gays this legally raises strong pre-.
sumption against Blaine. He dsvotes some
sixty of the eighty pages in criticising, at
lacking and denouncing Blaine in his meth
|
showing Wherein various witnesses against
Shpherd contradicted themselves, their rec
ord. and the truth Shipherd gives the names
of those prominent public men whom he re-
lied on as "our people," and the circum-
stances that led him to rely on them.
Shipherd says: "When letter of the high.
est privilege, confidential, to a Minister
Plenipotentiary who came TO me from Presi-
dent Garfield direct, to ask that l would
organize company upon a plan which the
President himself honored; letter which
was responsive only to his high command.
was subsequently published to the whole
world, and in it appeared the names Of eminent
capitalists. counselors and citizens, it hap
pened that the general stampede wss at its
hight, and not a soul dared ven
ture out in such storm. Cover,
cover, cover was the only cry. Almost
without exception every man whose name was
found in the most honorable list OF its kind
ever made, was Mortified at the impudence
which had dared put it there. Let one emf
nent example suffice. l only use it because
the gentleman in question himself took such
pains to bring his name to public notice. [
only propose to add the correspondence"
The testimony" cited by ShipheId is, in
fact rather . homily on the mental weak
ness and want of veracity Of Mr.. Blaine, than
anything else, and is evidently conceived in
revenge for Blaine's hard words to him. 1t
is quite different in tone from Shipherd's
! story as given before Blaine had testified.
The Nicaragua Canal Ell TO go over.
WASHINGTON, July 23i-In spite OF the
pressure that is being brought to bear on the
Committee on Foreign Affairs to push the
Nicaragua canal bill, it is not probable that
any attempt will bs made by those having
the bill in charge to bring it up this session.
The Pacific Coast representatives in the
House are urging the calling Up of the meas
ure ct as early date as possible, but the
committee is said to be determined thas it
shall go over till the next session. A promi-
nent member of the committee ia the authori.
ty for the statement that it is the desire of
the committee to postpone further action on
the bill until next winter, so-that il may
havethe benefit of the fulles. discussion dur.
ing the Congressional recess.
The New Japanese Minister to The United
States.
WASHINGTON, July 23d-The Post an.
nopnces this morning that Yosheda Kiyo-
mari, the present Minister from Japan, who
has been absent from Washington on leave
for several months, is not to return to this
country, but will be succeeded here by Te-
vsshuna Miinenori, who was attached to the
embassy which visited this city in 1861. He
was Commissioner and afterwards Minister
the latter Office, has served as counselor
the Japanese Government and q Governor If
province in Japan. Recently he has been
President of the Japanese Senate. He is an
accomplished scholar and familiar with the
English language. Mr., Yosheda has been
transferred to leading position in the For
eign Office Of his Government.
Postal Changes for the Pacific Cost.
WASHINGTON, July 23d.-Following are
the Pacific coast postal changes during the
week ended July 22d Established orin,
Alameda county, Cal, Elizabeth S. Whitney,
2. NJ; Hardin, Grant county, Or, Seth
Bixby, P. M; Kittitass, Yakima county,
w. t., Jacob Shenness. P. NJ; Cienega,
Yavapai county, Arizona, Geo. w. Hsrcs,
z. M. scontinued-Herricks Cross, Tul IRE
county, Cal; Lon, Columbia county, Wash
ington Paper Mill, Salt Lake county, Utah;
Wilsonville, Emery county, Utah. Name
changed-Chican, Alaska, to Roberts. Post
masters appointed-J. w. Kitchen, Love-
locks. Butte county, Cal Joseph Palla, Mar
shall, Marin county, Cal; Horace Haynes,
Dunnegan, Yolo county, Cal ;Chas. Sproule,
Battle Mountain, Lander county, New Thog.
j. Goodwin, Bonanza, Lake county, Or; JAG.
q. Hervey, Enchanted Mountain Tabor,
Multanomah county, o.; Joseph Bassett,
Port Oxford, Curry county, Or; Eva C.
Hoard, West Union. Washington county.
o.; VIM. Godfrey, Park Valley, Box Elder
county, Utah.
Railroad Accident.
CANTON JUNCTION Mass July 23d.-The
afternoon lightning express from Boston. on
the Providence road. was thrown upon side
track by misplaced switch Saturday. The
train was going fifty-fve miles an hour. The
cars were turned partially on their sides. and
the passengers thrown in heap in the aislss.
just as the II ying train paesed the station m