St. Paul daily globe., 1892-03-03
THE BLAINE IMBRoGLI0.

Janies.G. Blaine is wasting his splens
did abilities i'll attempting 10 defend a
son such as James G.. Blaine Jr. has
proven himself to be.-Chicago Even:
ing Post.
JamesaG. Blaine has written all open
letter, in which he attempts to defend
the conduct of the son who bears his
il!ustrious name. 1t is cIeveriy con-
trived and ingenious defense, quite
|, worthy of the distinguished secretary
I of state, but not even the appeal of such
Ia brilliant advocate can palIiate the
,toffense of the unworthy son.-Ibid.
+. "a man of Mr.. Blaine's temperament
could not endure such an affronr offered
| .tOia defenseleSS woman, and so he ch1v-
-alrouSiy came to the rescue of his wife
| against these charges made by a judge
|, inopen court, and spread broadcast
over the country to be distorted and ex-
aggerated by his malicious partisan
| eriemies.-Chicago Tribune.
/. Secretary Blaine's personal state
,ment" is primarily defense of his wife
against.the charges OF the Deadwood
| Judge before whom the younger Mrs.
Il Blaine related her woes. That is we'll
enough. But the attempt to get young
/ Jim out OF an ugly fix is not very grace
+ ful. 1t would have been better to let
|, the boy bear the blame that is his due.
L Surely the girl and the priest who mar
ried the silly pair should not bear all
the blame. Chicago News.
But when the Judge OF the divorce
court reflected needIessly OH the char
acter of his wife the secretary of state
penned his personal statement" 1t is
an absolute vindieation of the elder
Mrs. Blaine from all charges of inter-
| ference with the marriage relatianS of
her boyish son. There is chivalry in
the secretary's defense of his wife that
will endear him still more to the plain
common people of Chicago
Inter Ocean.
1t was hardly worth while for James
G.. Blaine tn publish the letter in regard
to his sons marriage which he has writ
ten, for close and judiciouS observers
|. have been able to guess from the career
/ of the divorced wife some such state OF
| facts as he details. The silly statement
of the Deadwood Dogberry who pro-
nounced the decree of divorce, and the
foolish comments of certain journals,
did not represent public opinion on the
Subject.-RocheSter Post-EXpreSS.
James &. Blaine will not be judged
harshly by any one who reads his de-
| fenSe of his wife against the record as
it was made in the South Dakota courts
OH the evidence of Mrs. James G. Blaine
Jr.. The position of the elder Blaine as
| a husband and father whose wife and
son were thus simultaneously attacked
was trying one, and it is easy to ex-
cuSe his appeal to the public in their
behalf. Nevertheless. it is true in such
cases that ''siIence is best and noblest
in the end."-St. Louis Republic.
Now, however, that the decree of
divorce has been granted, the charges
of young Mrs. Blaine having been sus-
tanned in every detail, the father of the
defendant brings his son before the bar
| of public opinion, and sets up for him a
defense out of court. This great man
invokes his power as the chief of the
state department of the federal govern
ment, his prestige as the plumed knight
of his party, his position as the head of
a family distinguished i'll the most ex-
| elusive social circles, to give character
and effect to personal statement of
matter already judieially determined.
Chicago Herald.