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Representatives in the next Con
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eetors that will he chosen next fail.
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presidency must have a majority ot
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A ROMANCE,
XOT OF FICTION BUT OF
FACT.
The Blaine Divorce.
Siuce the separatioa of my son
and his wife three and a half years
ago, my family have silently borne
e?ery misrepresentation, every slan
derous attack, every newspaper ins
terview which it has pleased the
now divorced wife to inspire. The
one person aimed at has been Mrs.
Blaine ; and we have perhaps been
at fault in allowing a horror ot the
public discussion of private matters,
combined with a regard for the fn
lure or my grauason, to permit so
much calumny to go unanswered.
The last outrage of the kind,embod
led in the decision of the Judge at
Deadwootf, Dak., assnmes an official
character, which makes it impossi
ble to remain longer slleutf
To remain sileut would be to ac
cept and perpetuate a gieat wrong
to my wife a greater wrong to my
grandson than eveu a publication of
the truth can inflict upon him. It is
necessary in speaking that I should
give a summary, as brief as possi
ble, of the marriage and the inci
dents which followed it and led to
the separation.
A letter, which I addressed to the
Rev. Thomas J. Ducey at the time
of the marriage, will distinctly state
the important facts bearing upon
that eveut:
Augusta, Me., Sept 13, 18S9.
Rev. Thomas. J. Ducey, rector St
Leo's Church, No. 10 East Twen
ty-ninth street, New York city :
SiE On Wednesday morning last
the Stb inst., my youngest son, -Jas.
G. Blaine, Jr., shocked me by the
announcement that on the preceding
Monday he had been united in mar
nage with Miss Mary Nevins ; that
yoa had performed the ceremony in
your own rectory; that my son and
Miss Nevins were an accompanied
by friend or relative, and that two
of your household servants were the
sole witnesses.
My son's announcement gave the
first knowledge that I or any mem"
ber of my family bad of his marriage
or even of his attachment to Miss
Nevins, whose character, I wish to
say at the outset, is not at all in
question, and of whom bnt for this
rash marriage I have never heard
a breath of censure.
My son was born Oct. 12, 1868,
and is not, therefore, eighteen years
old. He was living here in his own
home in the hoose where he ' was
bo.'Q surrounded by neighbors who
had known him all bis life, nnder
the daily care of a tutor, who wa9
fitting him for college, which he
a oped to enter this autumn. To fa
cilitate his preparation he desired
to remain here during tne summer,
while the other members of the fam
ily were much of the time at Bar
Harbor. As I have since learned,
Miss Nevins, m company with her
sister and ber father, came to Au
gusta on Monday, August 16. On
Friday, Sept. 3, eighteen days after
her arrival in Augusta, my son, who
had never seen her or heard her
name until she came here, left bis
home without permission and witb-
oat the knowledge of any member
of bis family, and accompanied Miss
Nevins aud ber sister to their moth
er in New York.
On Saturday, the 4th, the two
young persons presented themselves
to you for marriage, Through my
eldest son, Walker Blaine, who went
to New York as soon as I beard
these unhappy tidiugs, I learu that
James misrepresented his age to
you, statiug that he was within a
month or two of twentyone. Bat
he did not (according to vont own
narrative to my son Walkrr)conceal
from you the vital fact that he was
a minor: lie did not conceal fiom
ou, but openly avowed, that I had
no knowledge whatever ot his intens
tion to be married, and that his spe
cial design was to keep all knowl
edge of it fro?n me. In this conceal
ment he sought your aid and abet
ment, and yon held his secret under
consideration from Saturday until
Monday, agreeing with my son not
to advise any member of my family
of his rash purpose. You took him
to the Archbishop in order that a
dispensation might ,bo secured to
enable Miss Nevins, who waB reared
a Catholic, to marry my son, who
was born, baptised and reared a
Protestant. You know tht during
the long interval in which you were
making these preparations I was
within a moments reach by tele
graph, and yet you never gave the
slightest intimation to me, the most
deeply interested and responsible
party. In defence of this conduct
ou alleged to my son Walker the
confidence reposed in you as a priest
by my son. The confidence ot the
confessional is always respected, but
by your use of confidences repo.sed
in you ontside the confessional
even by those not of the Catholic
communion you perforce become
au accomplice before the act of any
crime or any imprudence to which
you may listen.
It is not tor me to advise a minis
ter ot yonr intelligence that your
position is absolutely untenable?
would be dangerous to society aud
would not be respected by any conrt
ot the land. You further alleged in
jcstification of your action that jf
you had not performed the ceremo
ny some one else outside your corns
amnion would have doue it. This
is a common defence of evil doing
and is unworthy of a priest and a
man. You might; as well justify
your murder of a man by chloroform
on the ground that otherwise some
one else would murder him with a
dagger. A week ago my boy was
under my protection the most help
less, the least responsible member
f my family ; erratic but coutrolla
ble through his stroug affections- an
object of constant watchfulness to
his parents, his brothers and bis
sisters j a source of constant anxiety
ofit not of despair, because he is of
good abilities, as readily influenced
to the right as to the wrong, and
because the patience of love can
never know weariness. To-day,
through your agency, this boy in
years, in experience, in jadgment,in
practical capacity, leaves my home
and my care, burdened with the full
responsibilities of a man, with the
welfare of a woman in his keeping.
I am powerless, I cannot ques
tion th6 legality of the marriage. I
shall, at a distance and at every
disadvantage, endeavor to guide my
son. Bur, as a fatner living under
the Divine institution of tne family;
t s a citizen, living nnder the Divine
order of society, I protest against
your act. As a servans of God. to
whose ministry you are ordained, I
call God to witness between vou
&nd me. Of whatever evils result
ing from this deplorable marriage
ray son may be the author or the
victim, the guilt be on your head.
James G. Blaine.
When I wrote this letter I believe
ed that Miss Nevins had no other
responsibility in the marriage than
in consenting to my son's appeal,
and was blameworthy of this alone.
Siuce then I am prepared to sav
that the mariage was arranged by
her far more than by my son; that
she did everything to promote it,
suggested every arrangement, an
ticipated and provided for every
emergency, and that, iu fact, but for
her personal, active and untiring
agency the marriage wonld never
have taken place. In this she
showed knowledge and forethought
not to be expected in a woman of
tenty-ooe years.
Within ten days after her arri
val in Augusta, withiu one week
from the day she first met my sonf
she was abjuring him thus for sev
eral successive days:
Write nothing uutil I see yon.
Let me know at once about the law
(oi marriage) I can't wait to bear.
It makes me ill.
Can you come to me a moment f
I am alone. Do not seud up your
card.
Did you see the law t Do not
keep cp the suspense.
The Bar Harbor bouse is perfect,
but 1 love the dear old place here
better.
Don't ask any quessions that may
lead people to suspect anything.
Remember that we are in the mouth
of every man, woman and child in
Augusta. Every- word you speak
is repeated and misconstrued, Every
look of yours, every flesh of your
face is talked of. Look into the
laws only to-morrow and perhaps
one question at the bank (where he
ouiaineu money lor his marriage
journey on my account by inducing
the cashier to advance him funds on
his memorandum, a thing he had
never learned to do before he met
Miss Devins).
All else can wait Oh,
do be careful. A feel now all sorts
of dreadful things are said ot us.
You do not know how vile the world
is. Do look np the laws. Let the
rest keep.
Did you look into the laws of
Massachusetts and Now York! I
am sure not. Answer this to-night
I have at last thought of the only
man on earth whom we can both
trust for witurss. He is a man I
can telegiaph for to como to Boston
if we find it necessary. He is a man
aod he adores everv member of the
fam-ly. I have known him since I
was a child. He wonld go any
place with us aud none know.
vrutiiu uirttiu J l as '"uo
as he lived. If you say so I will
lla tinnnr mnnM Ktt...tli it 1
give him a gentle bint that 1 will
need his service for an eraerceaev
but not tell him for what.
Do write me at once what the
New York law was and the forfeit.
Answer at ouce.
When they reached New York,
after they had fled from Augnsta,
she cautioned my sou not to "for
get the twenty dollar gold piece in a
little box for Dace," and to "look
iu the pocket ot jour r-y clothes
tor your ring-" In short, she took
charge of every matter and directed
all the proceedings to the last miu
utias. It was thus that a boy of seven
teen years aud ten months, in some
respects inexperienced even for his
age, was tempted from bis school
books and his tutor and blindly led
to the altar by a young woman of
full twentyone years with entire
secrecy, contrived by herself, aud
with all the instrumentalities of ber
device complete and exact
When my eldest son, Walker, went
to New York, as I have related in
the Ducey letter, his object was to
see whether this marriage of my
youngest son might not be invalid
or could not be annulled by reason
of hia youth. He was met with the
assertion that it was too late for any
proceedings to set aside the mar
riage, because after the marriage
the bride, instead of returning to
b 3r mother, had taken passage for
Boston with the groom on one of
the night steamers on Long Island
Sound. She returned from Boston
to New York the following day and
he came ou home to Augnsta. This
fe.ct was learned for the first time
by Walker, a boy's modesty having
prevented my son James from
bringing it to my knowledge.
I propose next to show by a
somewhat minute statement of facts
and dates the falsity of the asser
tion that Mrs. Blaine broke up the
marriage relations of my son and
his wife. She did not see her
daughter-in-law until May, 1887,
eight months after the marriage,
when, being in Ne? York, the latter
upon her tice during ber two days?
stay. The next time she say ber
a month later. When about to sail
for Europe, on the 8lh of June, she
was a single day in New York and
saw the young woman on taking
leave.
At the end of fourteen months we
returned from Europe and stopped
two or three days iu New York. We
found that in our absence my son
had not only spent his entire allow
ance, but that he was deeply in
debt. It was then arranged that
both my son and his wife should
comedown to Augusta and have
their future determined at a family
. . J
council. They arrived m Augusta
on Saturday, August 18. Mrs
Blaine was absent from home on a
visit and returned Monday after
noon, tne 20tb, so that she caw
James' wife for the first time in
Augusta on the evening of August
20.
Within two or three days I learn
ed the detail of the dismal failnre
of their New Yoik life, and after
full consultation with Mrs. Blaine,
and with her free approval, 1 pro-
posed that they should come to live
at Augusta and occupy our old
uome. I had a summer house at
Bar Harbor and, as I intended to
spend all my winters in Washing
ton, this house would be vacant if
they did not occupy it.
The house being large, I proposed
to pay for fuel and light and the
wages of a man servant, and I
would furnish them with a horse
and carriage. I also assured them
in addition the sum of $2,500 a year
until my sou should s able to earn
an income of that amount. I made
the proposition while we were sit
ting on the lawn, with my sou's
wife but a few fot distant. Mv
non went immediately over to her,
aud I know that he told her in de
tail just what my offer was. Her
reply was that she would not ttay
in Augusta on any consideration.
He wan very much diseoncertrd by
her decision, aud, for the first time,
informed hiH mother and myself of
his discontent and nnhappnens, a
fact which was not before known,
but which was not received with
surprise.
We theu learned that during our
absence in Europe he had become
gradually estranged fioin her, aud
ber refusal to accept the residence
in Augusta was merely tne last of
a "oug series of disagreements which
threatened to make their united
Ufa impossible, ad which led finally
to a seperation. Disaster is th only
legitimate conclusion or such a mar
riage. During the two weeks that
my son's wife stayed at Augusta it
became patent to every member of
my family aod to every v sitor, and
to no one more than myself, that a
seperation was the least disaster to
be dreaded.
The immediate occasion of her
departure was my son's going to
Bangor at my request on Friday,
August,31 with some documents fur
wl ich I telegraphed (I was occupied
with the State campaign), and he
continued with me to Ellsworth,
wl ere I was to speak on Saturday,
September 1. There being a vio
fert rain storm, the meeting at Ells
worth was postponed to Monday,
Sept. 3 James spent the interval
at Bar Harbor and I remained at
El sworth. On Monday, after the
rrnetmg, James returned with me
to Angusta and arrived at eleven
p. oi., only to learn that his wife had
gooe to New York at 3 p. m. eight
hoars before. She knew well that
James would be home that night.
( Continued to editorial page.)
The Executive Committee
fleeting.
The Democratic State executive
committee met at Raleigh y ester
day. There was a very full atteni
dance, nearly all of the committee
men beins present, or reoresented
proxy. Ed. Chambers Smith Esq.,
the chairman of the committee, pre
sided over its deliberations. The
first business transaceed was the
selection of the pUce of the State
convention and Raleigh was unani
mously chosen. The Charlotte and
other western delegates had thought
of presenting the claims of this city
for the convention but it was disi
covered that a considerable element
of the Alliance looked upon this idea
with disfavor, as inpling some
thing, altogether undefined, unfair,
aud Charlotte waa not therefore
put iu nominatiou at all. By rea
son of its superior hotel and audito
rs otn accommodations the western
delegates felt that this was the best
place in the State for the conven
t:on taking account, of course, of
its superior railroad advantages,
making it accessible to all sections
of the State but they readily
yielded to the suggestion that at
, . . .
in place of meeting or of party poli
cy in any particular would be re-
garded with suspicion, and deter
miued not to try Charlotte's chanc
es. After much discussion Wed
nesday. May 18tb,was fixed upon
as the date for the convention, and
the chairman was directed to issue
a short address to the public, giving
notice of time and place.
On motion of Capiain S. A Ashe
tbo following provision was recom
mended to the county conventions,
not to be blinding, however, on any
county convention unless it chosa
to adopt it:
In all county conventions in
which delegates shall be selected to
attend any State, congressional, jut
dicial or other convention, a vote
shall be taken, in accordance with
the plan of organizition, as to the
candidates whose names may be
presented to such county conven
tion. The delegates shall be selects
ed from the friends and supporters
of each candidate voter for iu pro
portion to the number of votes he
shall reeivo in such count v ennveu-
tion, and no other instructions shall
be given. Provided, that when only
one candidate is presented and vot
ed for at hucIi county convention, it
shall be lawful to intinet for such
candidate.
The chainnan was directed to ap-
poiut, at his leisure, a committee of
five to revise the plan of organiza
tion and report to the Shite con
vention. The date fixed for the convention
is two or three weeks earlier than
usual, and we suppose no conceal
ment need to be made of the fact
that this was done in order that the
Democratic doctrine may be pre
sented to the people before Col.
IV k can get in his fine work. The
no.ic given is certainly ample. It
was not proposed to take advantage
of anybody but it was proposed to
be seen to that no advantage be
taken of the Democratic party.
The date decided upon was the
date suggested by the president ot
ho State Alliance, who, though not
a member of the committee and
therefore not in the meeting, was
in the city, and expressed himself
ou the subject in advance of the
meeting.
It may be added that Raleigh and
the committeemen present are verv
full of politics. As far as the, views
of the committeemen present were
ascertained it may be said that a
majority of those who have decided
pn sidential preferences are fot Hill.
A r amber were found to he for
Ch veland and probably a greater
number for "the man who can win''
those who expressed themselves
not knowing exactly who that man
is. The Hill men are enthusiastic
' Cleveland men rather conservative,
and the others a good deal like a
guinea hit on the head.
There was found a disposition to
make every reasonable concession
to the Farmers' Alliance and there
was a good deal of outspoken sen
timent in favor of a State licket
headed by Capt. S. B. Abernethy
and Mr, Elias Carr. Charlotte
Chronicle.
The trustees of the University
met last we k and established a new
chair, to be devoted to instruction
in political and ociaI science. Pres
ident Winston was placed in charge
of it, at his own request. The re
port of the president showed 241
sindents enrolled.
ITow Marbles are Made.
Almost all the "marbles" with
which boys everywhere amuse them
selves in season and out of season,
on pavements and in shady spots
are made at Oberstein, Germany
There are many large quarries and
mills in that neighborhood, and the
refuse is turned to good account in
providing the small stone balls for
experts to "knuckle down" with.
The stone is broken into small cubes
by blows of a light hammer.
These small blocks of stone are
thrown by the shovelfal into the
hopper of a small mil), formed of a
bed stone having its surface grooved
with concentric furrows ; above this
is th9 "runner,' which is of hard
wood, having a level face on its low
er surface. The upper block is made
to revolve radidly, water being de-i
livered upon the grooves of the bed
sione where the marbles are being
rounded. It takes about fifteen
minutes to finish a bushel of good
marbles ready for the bij's knuck
les. One mill will turn ont 1GO,000 a
week. Stationer and Printer.
Jeweler "This watch don't re
quire a key. You wind it by turn
ing the stem, so." Jason (in high
glee) "Jastlike adurced calf,ain't
it T Twist its tail an' away it goes,"