Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1892-03-02
DEMANDS JUSTICE.
Marie Nevins-Blaine Replies to
the Secretary.
print THOSE LETTERS IN FULL"

Challenge to Her Father-in-Law-sh e
Gives Him Ten Days to Comply. and
Charges Him With PriI ting What He
Knew Was Untrue-The Young NJ r
Rot the Weakllng His Father Pictured
| Him.
| SIOUX FALLS, S. D., March Mrs.
James q. Blaine, Jr late last evening
| furnished letter to the press in answer tc
to the personal statement of Secretary
Blame The purpose of the letter is to de-
mand of the senior Blaine the publication
| OF all the letters in his possession or his
sons from her. When this is done Mrs.
James u. Blaine, Jr., says she will give to
the public a complete narrative account of
her career as wife of the youngest son of the
| secretary OF state. She has in her possess
sion all the letters and documents which
she claims prove the story of her suffering
as the public has understood it for the
past year or two.
Calls 1t n "RemarkabIe Production"
The text of Mrs. Nevins-Blaine'5 letter is
as follows:
MY DEAR SIR: You have furnished the
pnblic with remarkable production I'M.
der the caption of "A Personal Statement. "
/ consider it my duty at this time to adj
dress You with that degree of dignity
which your position as a public man en-
titles you to. l acknowledge your well
rendered, richly deserved fame as a diplo-
mat, and appreciate fully the weight
which your utterances possess; as fully as
40 appreciate my own weakness and my
total inability TO cope with you in per-
sonal encounter. But shall expect from
you that considerate and honorable treat
ment which am sure your keen sense of
equity and fairness will dictate
Is Not Asking sympathy.
The powerful man of great nation
VIII surely accord to a weak and defense
less woman her full need of Justice. You
surely can lll-afford to withhold it. | wish
1t distinctly understood by you that am
not asking sympathy. l respectfully de-
mand justice. 1t is in your power to grant
this simple request. 1t remains to be
seen If you will do it. l win aid you by
g suggestion. Have the kindness to pub
lish IN connection with your statement the
full text of the letters you have quoted
from. Do not, like a shrewd and unprin-
cipled person, select only such pages as
may be needed to make out a case, but
give the entire contents to he public, that
Imay he judged righteOusly.
Gives the Secretary Ten Days.
y on 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 sub
ance their contents and corroborate M
statement by publishing letters from your
son, both prior and subsequent too mar
rage. You know full well that your
charges against me regarding the marriage
are unfounded. l give you ample oppor-
tuuity to retract You have two alterna-
tIVes-the one suggested or silence.
For the sake of His Grandson.
y our consideration for Your grandson
WILL surely induce you TO decide in favor
OF the first. This is not proposed diplo-
matte engagement on my part, for your
success in dealing with powerful nations
i too well known for me to meet YOU on
any other ground than as the mother of
your grandson. | take it that your state
ment was pro npted chiefly by the remarks
of Judge Thomas in rendering his de-
clslon winch gave me my freedom.
Young Jumes Not a WeaklinC,
Il have no defense to offer in his behalf;
l simply demand, now that you have ar
raigned 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 to the
world that your son was far from a
weakling, and that you, his proud father,
well knew it long before he married me.
Truly Yours, MARY NEyINS BLAINE.
TO Mr. James q. Blaine, Washington,