Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-13

! ins eioef bennett mad been supplied
| 1OO0 shares Of stock in the American
Telegraph Company at price more than
twenty per cent below the market value,
and his son elected member OF tbs
oosrd. His first service was to demand
tnst the Herald, being lsrge stockholder
ana our largest customer, wss entitled 10
and should De awarded precedence in the
transmission Of specisl reports. This de-
msnd could not be scceded to, and the
new director was disgruntled and dis
agreeable associate in the board. When
the company was absorbed by the West.
ern Union he vas not among those who
were taken into the Western Union
Board.
"Tne bitterness Of the Herald has been
intensified since the refusal of the cable
pool to allow the French company
to renew Its contract with the Herald fLr
specisl rates, st about one-hslt the price
the other newspapers were being charged.
Inc renewal OF that contract WAS demand
ed IN 1883, accompanied by threat that
II II Wss not agreed to an opposition csble
would be lsid. The elder Garrett hsd st
one time agreed TO unite with Mr. Bennett
in procuring S new cable, but Nj. Pender
succeeded In persuadiug Mr.. Garrett that
an opposition cable would not pay. But
few months later he found another CAD
italist, who yielded to his importunitiee,
aid he got mis- revenge. Whether he got
the benz fits he had demanded and expect
ed is doubtful question. lie h.s SUI
ceeded in procuring & general reduction
OF rates, but whether that compensates
his unremunerative Investment in the
cable Is question Of his own finances.
"As II is thus apparent that the Herald,
though actuated By personal malice and
selfish interests, conceals this motive,
and poses snd pretends TO act IS The
guardian OF public interests, denouncipg
In Its loTdly wsy, individuals and corpor-
atoms, using such epithets IS 'wizsrd,'
corsalr,' etc, and uttsring such fearful
screams that even the Herald building
quakes, it seems meet that should say
few words OF and to it's editor and pro-
priet0r.
Oh, so yIRTU0Usl
"As the Herald says Mr.. Bennett would
not sit ct the same board with me, it
seems proper for me TO state the obiec.
tions might have to such an association
with the editor and proprietor Of the Her
aid.
'Lst me see. 1 have known you over
thirty years, and during all that time
your life has been one of shame. Your
private life has been but q succession OF
debauches and scandals, so that YOUR
name Is associated on every tongue IS
Bennett the libertine. And however gen
themen might meet you at clubs or hotels,
not gentleman in New York, as you well
know, would allow you to cross the
threshold OF his residence where virtue
and family honor are held sacred. Your
very touch In the social circle is contain
mating. A few instances, such as de-
ceDcy permits to be put IN print, will
suffice to illustrate and confirm what
have to esy On this head. A few years
ago, while on enc of your debsuches, the
police came down on a house Of illfame
in this city. You were among the vic,
tins bsgged.
"When you were arraigued past mid
night at the police station you screamed,
Il am james Gordon Bennett, proprietor
OF the New York Herald. Let me gol'
Do you remember the simple reply
of the faithful Ter, VINO sold:
"You may be james Gordon
Bennett or you may be George
Washington; the case Will take the usual
course. officer, lock the prisoner up,
and you went behind the bars. In the
morning, when you had sobered down and
came to full realization of your situa-
ton, you no longer screamed, Il sm James
Gordon Bennett, proprietor of the New
YORK Herald but you spent the whole
day In trying to get the newspapers to
suppress the sickening story, and with
very good success.
cat dinner party given by you e,
your residence, sitter your guests were
about through, you took revolver and
began firing at the globes of the large
chandelier over the center Of the dinner
table, sending the thousand pieces OF |
broken glass in the eyes and faces OF |
your guests who piled pellmell under the |
table. No scream was made over this !
insult to your guests by james Gordon |
Bennett, of the New York Herald.
"Another incident in this snsmeiul |
career will be enough to illustrate nv
present purpose. Some years ego l am
told you invited soma gentlemen to dine
with you on your yacht, among
them q noble lord. It soon
became apparent 10 the gentle
men that you were on one of your wild
orgies and they were anxious to get
ashore. You started to land them, and
after rowing around in circle for q
while you finally brought up to landing
without knowing whether it WAS New
York, Brooklyn or Williamsburg. You
landed your guests ct the morgue, and as
you were proceeding stumbled and fell
Into what atterward turned out to be a
box for the burial of the days victims.
What scene it would have made If
while you had been lying in that bcx the
dead victims had been pls ed in and the
box closedFp and taken away for burial!
As your senses gradually returned me-
thinks hear the same scream, Il sm
James Gordon Bennett, proprietor Of the
New York Herald. Let me OUT
SOME CoNUNDRUMs.
"NoW one word more and 1 have done
With you. Are you quite satisfied with
your recent partners, Messrs. Andrews
ind Crouch, in the attacks on Gould and
S,ge? You suppose that with Andrews
o do the sharp law work and the Herald
% do the screaming the combination
you'd be formidable. Don't you now
wish you had made some few inquiries as
o Andrews reputation and character
before you went into the association2
And don't you think that be-
ore you began your attacks 1t would have .
,eer more just II you had made inquiries
IS to whether you had any foundation for
Iourl daily tirades2 A slight inquiry