The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-03-02
MRS. BLAINE'S REPLY.
SHE ASKS The SECRETARY TO
PUBLISH her LETTERS IN FULL

A Claim That Mere Extracts Do Fer
an Iniustice-She Denies an Inten-
ton to Try to Meet the Secretary in
Diplomatic Encounter, But Ap-
peals for Justice as the Mother OF
His Grandson
Sioux FALLS, S. D., March Mrs.
James G. Blaine, Jr.. has furnished the AS
ISOLATED Press an open letter in reply TO
''the personal statement made by James
g. Blaine, ST., through the same channel
last Sunday, regarding the relations be
tween James G. Blaine, Jr., and his wife.
who was recently granted q divorce. The
letter by Mrs. Blaine, Jr.. in full, is as fol-
lows:
SIOUX Falls. S. D.. March /. 1892.
My DEAR SIR-You have furnished the public
with q remarkable production, under the cap
ton of "A Personal Statement" consider II
my duty at this time to address you with that
degree Of dignity which your position as a pub
lie man entities you TO. l acknowledge
your well-earned, richly-deserved fame
as diplomat, and appreciate fully
the weight which your utteraDces possess
as fully do / appreciate my own weakness
and my total inability TO cope with you in a
personal encounter; but shall expect from you
that considerate and honorable treatment which
am sure your keen sense OF equity and fair
ness will dictate. A powerful man Of a great
nation will surely accord TO a weak and defense
less woman her full NEED Of justice. You
surely can i'll afford 20 withhold it. l wish 1t
distinctly understood by you that / am
not asking sympathy ] respectfully demand
Justice. il is 10 your power to grant this sim
pie request. 1t remains 70 be seen IL you will
do il. will aid You by a suggestion. Have the
kindness 20 publish In connection with your
statement the full text OF the letters you have
quoted from, and do not. like a shrewd and I'M
principled person, select only such pages as
may DO needed to make oat a case. but give the
entire contents to the public that they may be
Judged righeously.
You have the documents, surely else you could
not quote from them. / will give you a suff1-
Gent time in which TO conform to my reasona-
BILE demaud, say ten days. If at the end of
that time you fail 20 respond shall deem 1t my
Corroborate my statement by publishing let
tiers from your son both prior and subsequent
20 our marriage. You know full well that your
charges against me regar riding the m srriage are
pnfounded. give you ample opportunity to
Eetract You have two alternatives, the one
suggested. or silence. Your consideration for
your grandson will surely induce you to decide
IN favor OF the first. This ia not q proposed
diplomatic engagement on my part, for your
success In dealing with powerful nations is too
well known for me to meet you on any other
ground than as the mother Of your grandson. I
take It that your statement was prompted chiefly
by the remarks OF Judge Thomas in rendering
his decision which gave me my freedom. have
80 defense TO offer In his behalf | simply de-
sire. now that you have arraIgned me BY the
use of fragmentary quotations from my love
letters TO your son. that you be fair enough to
publish the originals in full will then prove
70 the world that your son was far from the
Meakiiug. and that you, his proud father we'll
knew it long before he married me- Truly yours,
MARIE NEvINs BLAINE.
To AT. james @. Blaine, Washington, D. @.