St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-02
DID He BURN THEM?
Marie Nevins Blaine Insists
That Her Letters Be Print
ed in Full.
How Papa Jim Made Out a
Case by Publishing GAR
bled Extracts.
He Is Given Ten Days in
Which to Give the Let
teps in Full.
q Hint That Young Jim's
Love Letters Will Reach
the Public.

SIOUX FALLS. S. D., March Mrs.
James G. Blaine Jr. has furnished the
Associated Press an open letter iii re-
ply to the personal statement" made
by James G. Blaine ST.. through the
same channel last Sunday regarding the
relations between Mr. Blaine Jr. and
h is wife, who was recently granted a
divorce. The letter by Mrs. Blaine Jr.
is in full as follows:
Sioux Falls. S. D., March my Dear Sir:
You have furnished the public with a re-
markaole production under the caption of
"A Personal Statement" l consider it my
duty at this time to address you with that de-
gree of dignity which your position as pub
lie man entities you TO. l acknowledge your
we'll earned, richly deserved fame as q
diplomat, and appreciate the weight which
your ut.erances possess as fully as do ap-
preciate my own weakness and my total ina
bility to cope with you in a personal en-
counter; but l shall expect from you
that considerate and honorable treatment
which l am sure your keen sense of
equity and fairness will dictate The pow
erful man of a great nation will surely ac-
cord to q weak and defenseless woman her
full need of justice You surely can i'll
lls
understood by you that l am not asking
sympathy. 1 respectfully demand justice.
1t is in your power to grant this simple re-
quest. 1t remains to be seen if you will do
It, l will aid you by a suggestion. Have the
kindness to publish in connection with your
statement the full text of the letters you
have quoted from. Do not, like a
Ehrewd and unprincipled person, select
only such pages as may be needed
70 make out q case, but give the
entire contents to the public. that may be
judged righteously. You have the documents
surely. else you could not quote from them.
/ will give you sufficient time in which to
conform to my reasonable demand, say ten
days If at the end of that time you fail to
respond, shall deem it my duty to give in
substance their contents and corroborate my
statement by publishing letters from your son
both prior and subsequent to our marriage.
You know full well that your charges
against me regarding the marriage are un-
founded. / give you ample opportunityto
Yetract. 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
is not a proposed diplomatic engage
ment on my part, tor your success in dealing
with powerful nations is too we'll known for
me to meet you on any other ground than as
the mother of your grandson. l take it that
your statement was prompted chiefly by the
remarks af Judge Thomas in rendering his
decision which gave me my freedom. l have
no defense to offer in his behalf. l simply
declare, 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. I
will then prove to the world that your son
was far from a weak1ing, and that you, his
proud father. well knew it long before he
married me. Truly yours,
MARY NEvINs BLAINE.
To Mr.. James G. Blaine, Washington,D. c.