National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-05-20
BLAINE's PREDICAMENT.
Tho Condition In witch TEe Il Placed by
Robert RandnIIa Testimony.

The testimony OF Jacob II. shphord and OF
Robert Il. Randall leaves Mr.. Blaine in IN UNI
cnvinblo predicament shipherd sworc, with par.
tioular attention to details, that Blaine encouraged
him for several months TO believe that he favored
the so-collcd Peruvian Company, and that he In
s,ructed General 1Iurbut in that sense. shipherd
was completely dumfounded on receiving the Note
Of DeeeNbcr 3, ASST, wherein Blaine, on the eve Of
retiring from Office, denounced him and his
scheme. Senator Blair who figured as counsel"
with 100000 Of Peruvian Company scrip In his
pocket, sustained Shiphcrd In the main.
NR. RANDALL swoRE
That In all his intercourse with Blaine from first TO
last the latter favored tho proposals Of the Credit
lndusrlcl Company OF Paris and that Blaine In.
to Lima that the instructions were "in accord
with your views and plans, and satisfactory to
Trcycot was made special envoy, Z" he tBaiucl
rgain told me- or utimotcd, or treated the subject
g settled, what Mr., Trescots instructions would
industrial programme" Randall was asked;
% I,lIave you rCad the report Of the testimony Of
MT Blaine, ~ which he says he declined having amy.
thing TO DO with giving instructions as to the Credit
AL think II lsn mlsprint did not hear him say
t. never understood him to say In his intercourse
with me or Mr.. Suarez that he rejected any PROPOSE
ton we made. Iundcrsio0dhe contrary.
1T APPEARS FROM THIS
explicit and careful evidence that Blaine led RAN
dali To believe, down TO the time of Trescots up
nuintment in December-nnd they had been In
Noh0NiHt uih VNlll iiuHiNhAlNh ilOih
the preceding March-that his views were entirely
favorable to the Credit lndustriCl The original
instructions to 1Iurlbut and the last instructions to
Trcscot, MS he voluntarily assured Randall, were
prepared IN the interest Of that company Yet the
official record shows that while these negotiations
were going on at Washington, and while ffequent
conferences were held to further this special OBJ
jcct, the following telegram was sent to Lima
HuRbBuT, Minister, Lima:
Influence of your position must not he used In aid OF
Credit lndusrie or any other financial or speculative
association. BLAINE.
wAsHIN0ToN, Oct q, 1881.
THERE Is no POSSIBLE WAY
in which these conflicting positions can be recon-
cilCd. There Is rank perjury on the one side or
the other Blaine had the advantage over Ship
herd who stood before the committee IN the light
of desperate ndventurcr, wheh, with his Gus
tomnry buster, lie swore him down. Audncity
trumphod then, as II did in the cnsc of the Multi
gun letters. But Mr.. Blaine now stands con-
frOnted with the testimony of responsible per-
son, who has shared his intimate confidence
and whom he has deceived with fabricated state
ments and false assurances. The testimony goes
to show that Mr.. Blaine held out the strongest en-
enlargement both 10 Shipherd aud to Randall,
who represented opposing Interests. At that very
time Mr.. Blaine wGs pushing with the most ardent
zeal the Landrcuu claim n job which was never
ton by this Government Both the Landreaus
were French subjects when this claim against
Peru originated. The alleged American citizen,
John G. Landreau, became nniurnliZed, II at all
| IN no record of his naturalization con be found
| in Louisian0-nearly nine years after he bought II
share in til pretended rights of his brother.NetU
| York Sinl BeStCTddn