The daily gazette., 1882-05-18
FOURTH EDITION
kEPRlNTEo l5!.Is!! FROM YEsTro,,7,
SHEPHERD WILL NOT pssoeFAY sSoAY

Ahe Foreign Affairs Comn,,,.
lemna--Shipherd Refuses IN Di.
the CorrespOndence--Ac, c,,. :" Tive Up
tempt Probable. Tor Con.
w,s,,,,'e l'ss dispatch to the Ga,s,,.
MAsHIN,ssToN, May 1.-THE uon.e.. uoa.e'le..
nilttee on Foreign AiIairs met in '"use s"l Con-
SION this morning and resumed n.y. IuVret ses-
SION, Which up TO the hour of thcIr r' Hhcus-
meht yesterday afternoon, bad sa9aoam.
bring about any agreement reIo,,rn & ,aled to
method and scope of the investisatioo. F" the
Mr.. shipherd arrived shorty Ias
O'Clock, with a handbag, said "'ioe Il
numerous documents and prenar,S Syon'ain
ment, covering 80 pages or more 'G State I
or thirty representatives of thn twenty
Guiding an artist for one of tho g,esS n-
Illustrated papers, waited impa,rnt, lok
corridor for the opening of tie domr.y IN The
At lib the committee were s,im
ference and the belief that an irrecona,,c ~ con-
difference exists is gaining ground di'0'VilaOIe
At ll.25 the doors were nnnnsI
witness, Shipherd, having taken III s,u a"', me
chairman addressed him as followa. seat, 'Ae
"The Committee on Foreign AT,,.
rected by the House to demand fraa, u'
copies of all correspondence hctwoou on you
sell ana any person or persons whomsos.yo'ur syur
and all papers and other evidences q, .ti
possession tending to show what von m SVul
attempted TO do to enforce the claim aH a,,
Peruvian Company, or induce the raal, .n
States TO enforce this claim against paul p.,eq
Are you now prepared to furnish tbe do.l do,u
ments here called forP' uVVu'
MIR. Shipherd-I am not.
| The chairman repeated the uues,io,
Shipherd again replied that he wonli -n, ~,
furnish the papers. "0'
The chairman then asked Uno
positively decline to produce the pane,, !% ~,
evidence called for Z" r4f''' au'
/ Mr.. Shipherd-I do.
The Chairman-What is the r,,...
pleasure of the committed "''
MIR. Rice-I move that we 20 into eyepu
tive session. 'N''u
The motion was agreed to, the room r,
cleared and the committee went into nrv,,,
consultation.
Alter about ten minutes the doors was,
reopened, and it was learned that the eon.
mittee had agreed 70 inform the scrreant,t
arms that 10 had no further need h,
the attendance Of Mr.. Shipherl and
he might be discharged until further polIs
cation.
No time was fixed for any future meeting
OF the committee IN regard to the Cbili-Pe
ruvian matter. The committee will MIA
another secret session tomorrow morning
There is much speculation as TO the futup
action Of the committee in regard 10 M
Shipherd.
1t was believed that the committee heln,
putting to Mr.. Shipherd the alternat1,
questions this morning had decided in N,
event of his positive refusal to ppO
duce the required correspondence, d
report him TO the House as in contemlt d
its mandates. Their subsequent instruction
to the sergeant-at-arms to discharge him.
has given rise to belief in some Quarter
that the recent Supreme Court decision h
the Hallett-Kilbourne case has led the com
mittee to doubt the expediency of proceed
ing to extreme measure.
1t is believed that the committee have DE-
cided to summon ex-Assistant Secretary 0
State Robert r. Hit as witness.