New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-01
MR.. GOULD TO MR.. BENNETT.
CAUsTlC OPfN LETTER TO THE EDITOR
OF "THE HERALD"
THE NEWSPAPER AND THE WESTERN UNION
TELEGRAPH COMPANY-STRONG LANGUAGE
ABOUT MR. BENEFITS PRIVATE LIFE
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neJJ lt Is understood that this is only the be-
ginning Of the end, and that Mr.. Gould has de-
termined to settle the score all around before
he closes his campaign. The letter is as follows:
To Mr. James Gordon Bennett:
In fridays Issue Of Tho Herald" you Illuminated what
am told Is commonly called in The Herald" office
scream" but that charged with dy
name as have learned that rolled on from Mackay
Benefits cable direct iIom Paris It shook that noble
structure from which The Heald' Is Issued from base
ment TO roof
Now in this so.called scream" you
sion IN deny certain statements deliberately made by
ss to The NewYork Herald and yourself II is proper
that reply. In the first place. stated that you
were ever director OF the American Cable Company. 1t Is
true you were invited take in that board.
and doubt II any member OF 1t would sit in board with
you for reasons that will be apparent proceed
What did say was that years your father
bought thousand shares Of the Of Tele-
graph Company in order make you director that you
were elected and in the you demanded
for The Herald" lower than paid by other
newspapers and precedence them transmission OF
the news; In other words you attempting to
tho corporation Of which you were a trustee,
not only for your personal profit and advan-
tage but TO the injury OF your rivals. l stated
further that demands persist often.
syc that at the first opportunity your dropped
from the board.
TIE RECORDS BEFORE HIM.
When made these statements l had before me a Ger.
tined copy Of the records Telegraph
nany now Western Union, had also a memorandum
made by one of your associate directors who then
nected with the actual manag IN mt. This stitement
proves the truth OF what falslty your de-
Bial. This memorandum is as follows.
MEMORANDUM.
Notwithstanding The New-iork Herald has Sencr-
amongst largest y.da newspaper paions Of the
greater part Of that period always ready 10 efcs and
senSunee the company on the most gay peteA These
James Gordon Bennett Jr, irom IN board drcctOrs
OF one Of the larger telegraph companies embraced
The limited facilities Of the telegraph companies in
reports rendered to all customers and often
S se now o be eT a 9ey s wGe Rg9 s
Washington, Albany and elsewhere, had wait their
The The elder DC B Bennett had been SUPPLIED thousand shares
more ISan tgenY na can m & az pS aSS
his son elected member Of the board His first service
holder and our largest customer entitled to and should
be sN aded peccdeIce in the sson of special
director was disgrunted aud dsag cable associate in
Western Union, he was among those Who taken
Tho bitterness OF The Herad7 has been intensified
since the refusal OF the cable pool 20 allow the French
special rates at about onsha the price the other news
Vas demsnded IN 1883 acconpaniei by threat that
was not agreed TO- an opposition cable would Ia be M Sd
Mr. Bennett in procuring new cable but NJ Psnds5
:s o1 N Dd NJ S1S @ %6n s as oaOd
another capitalist who Yielded TO 70 his mPort.@@tes IS and and
demsnded and expected is doubtful question has
T.S.S ns az @ %
In the cable is question Of his & SSn 1nsnees oo,
aed by personal malice and selfish interests conceas this
motive and poses pretends the guardian OF
public interests denouncng IN its oTdy individuals
aud ccSD9raons using such epithets wizard"
sa' and uttering such fearful screams that even
The Herald building quakes IL that
should say few words OF, and to- Ito editor and pro-
prietor
MR. GoULD's PERSONAL OPINION EXPRESSED.
As The Herad7 says Mr.. Bennett would sit the
board with it proper for me TO state the
objections 1 might such association with the
editor and proprietor OF The Herald"
Let mo L have known you over thirty
years and DUNG all that time your life has
been one OF shame Your private life
has been but OF debauches and scandals
that your name associated every Ben
nett the libertne" And, however gentlemen might meet
you clubs hotels not gentleman in Ncw-York' as
you well know, would allow to cross the threshold OF
his residence, virtue and family honor held
sacred Your very In social circle contani
mating instances, such decency permits to be
put print will sunlce to illustrate and confirm what
have to say this head. few years ago, while on
one of your debauches the police down house
Of ul.fame in this city. Ycu were among the
victims baggel When you were ARA gned past mid
night at the oce station, you screamed am James
Gordon Bennett proprietor OF The New-York Herald.
let me gon DO you remember tho mllc reply OF tho
Rfnnett or YOU ma be GeOr.e Washington tn case VIII
take the usual course Oficer lock the prisoner up
and You went behind the bars. In the morning Wheh
you had sobered down and came TO full realization OF
your situation, you longer screamed - am james
Gordon Bennett proprietor OF The New-iork Harald'
but YOU spent the whole dy trying get the news
papers to suppress the sickening story and with very
good success.
At dnnerparty given by you your residence after
your guests about through you took reVoVer ana
Tho lvpvaa
eno OF the dppcr.table sending the thousand pieces OF
broken glass in tho eyes and faces OF YOU guests who
pned pell nell under the table No scream was made
over this insult your guests by James Gordon Dehs'N
Of The NewYork Herald" .
Another incident this shameful career VIII De enough
N illustrate my present purpose years ago am old
YOU invited gentlemen to dine with you on your y'
among them = noble lord. 1t soon became 'pp,' "
the gentlemen that were on one OF your VIA os
and they were anxious ashore You stafeu 70 "u
,hem and after rowing around IN circle for whe YOU
finally brought up landing without knowing "he'c.
lt was New.York Brooklyn or Williamsburg you 'anieu
your guests at the Morgue and as you were proccnS
surbled and fell into what Afterwards turned out 70 Dc
h %, tho hurial Of the days victims What scene 1t
would have made H. while you hal been ying IN thst
box the dead Victims had been placed IN anu ne oo@
closed up and taken away for burial As your senses
gradually returned methnks hear the same scIes'
am James Gordon Bennett proprietor oi A"0 '"
Herald Let OUT -
AFINAL WORD ON THE SUBJECT.
Now one word more and have done =" IN YOU Are
YOU quite satisfied with your partners MsF An
drews and Crouch the attacks on Goul ana oase' iou
suppose1 that with Andrews DO the sharp law WORK
and The Herald" % do the screa ming the continuation
rcu1 ha ,ornld,t, Don't YOU now wish you had made
some few INQUIRIES az Andrews reputation ana ehafae
ter before you went into the assoaton Ana ao"t you
think that before you began your attacks IL "'ul nave
been more Just II you had made INQUIRIES as 70 "he'"eT
you had any foundation for your daily sfdneN sI'sht
inou,rv ronld nave shown YOU that Messrs Sage and
Gould simply did their duty trustees that neither Of
hom received penny's profit from the transaction whe
the bondholders were benefited to the extent OF million"
the bonds put by II from ssVehJ 70 apoNe pdr'
where they remain.
Since exposed the fact that no bondholders ever com
paIned that Andrews and Crouch had clients; that
they won't to Europe to nai clients that Andrews and
Crouch were oil 70 this prosecution ana Ihe
motive was revenge and gain that Andrews practis-
Ing attorney by guaranteeing his dupes stoop Rens'