The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1892-03-03
PA BLAINE EXPLAINS.
HE DEFENDS JIMMIE AND DEN0UNCEs
THE WIFE.
He Claims That His Boy Was the Innocent
Tool of Designing Woman, and That
Mrs. Blaine, sr, Is Entirely
Shameless in the Affair.

WASHINGTON, d. c., Feb. 28.-Mr.
Blaine furnished the Associated Press
toe ay for publication a statement UNI
der the heading, IA personal state
ment."
since the separation of my son and
his wife three and half years ago,
my family have silently borne every
Misrepresentation, every slanderous
attack, every newspaper interview,
which it has pleased the now divorced
wife to inspire. The one person aimed
at has been Mrs. Blains and we
have perhaps been at fault in allow
ing the horror of public dis
cussion of private matters, COM
blned with Il regard for the
future of my grandson to permit 50
much calrmny to go unanswered.
The last outrage Of the kind, en-
bodied in the decision Of the judge at
Deadwood, OAK, assumes all official
character which makes 1t impossible
to remain longer silent. To remain
silent would be TO accept and perpetu-
ate great wrong to my wife,
greater wrong to my grandson than
even the publication OF the truth can
nfilct upon him. 1t is necessary in
speaking tn L should give q sum-
mary as brief as possible of the mar
rage and incidents which followed 1T
aud led to separation.
Then follows q letter written
10y Blaine to Rev. Thos. |, Ducey. rec
tor Of ST. Leos church, New York
City, who performed the marriage GER
emony, in which Blaine states the
marriage was performed without au-
thority of law, as James g., Jr., was
but II years and 10 months OF age.
Blaine severely scores Father Ducey
Tor marrying the young couple, ana
then Saws that instead ofhis son being
to blame in the matter, he was an IN
nocept tool in the hands of the schem-
ing woman, Miss Nevins. The latter,
Blaine says, engineered the whole
thing, even to the looking up of the
law of different states on the sub
iect of marriage, and urging
young Blaine to inform himself Oh lhls
"a beet. In his statement, Mr.. Blaine
says: H.,
no other responsible ty in the mar
rage, than in consenting to nv c" s
appeal, and was blameworthy for this
alone. Since then [ am prepared to
saw that the marriage was arranged
by her far more than by my son; that
she did everything to promote IT; sug.
gested every arrangement; anticipated
and provided for every emergency
and that. in fact, but for her personal
active and untiring agency the mar
riage would never have taken place
1t was thus that boy II
wears and ten months old II
some respects inexperienced, even tol
his age, from his school books and lee
to the altar by young woman of full
q years, with entire secrecy, contriv
!. ed by herself and with all the Ine,ru
D mentalities of her device, com plet
\ and exact"
Blaine then says that every eftor
was made to annul the marriage, bu
that it could not be done. He denie
in toto the alleg cations that Mrs. Blaln'
Sr., had tried to break up the mar
riage relations of her son and his wife
The statement that James g. Jr., hat
been detained at Augusta and wa
not permitted to follow his wife whti
she left home for her fathers is entire
ly false. The young man stated TIM
he had warned his wife that if sh,
left he would not live with her an.
longer. Mrs. Blaine ST., had strongly
a disappr we'd of her departure and ear
, nestiy urged her to remain, but to M
d purpose. Mr.. Blaine then concludes
as follows:
=, "Not word since the separation
!; has been written by her nor has sh'
:! seen my sons wife except on the
4 streets of New York, when no wore
a was exchanged between them. MY
! son was entirely free. No restraint
was attempted or desired or needed tt
ensure the separation. On the day o
his wife's depar .ure he was as strong
ly determined not to resume his rela
tions with her. Mrs. Blaine in M
time, in thought or word, attempt c
: to separate them. On the contrary
: she did not fail, by liberality, by con
. sideration and by extenuation, to fos
ter in every practicable way theil
happiness-if happiness to them hao
been possible"
Signed JAMES u. BLAINE.