St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-04-01
ROUGH ON ]. G. BENNETT.
Jay Gould Opens Out on the herald
Han.
BENNETT, THE LIBERTINE.
A Savory Mess of the Private Life Of
the Great Newspaper
Han.
Special to the Globe.

| Special to the Globe.
New YORK, March 31.-Jay Gould, in
statement addressed to James Gordon
Bennett sent to the press tonight, re-
plies to an attack made on him in the
Herald of Friday. He accuses Mr.. Ben
nett of having demanded precedence
in the transmission of the Herald's dis
patches over the cables of the
American Cable company, of which
Mr.. Bennett was a director, at
lower rates than were paid
by other papers, and says that for this
his Bennett's) name was dropped from
the board. Mr.. Gould says the Herald's
bitterness has been intensified by the
refusal of the cable pool to allow the
French company to renew its contract
with the Herald for rates about one-half
lower than that of other papers. He de-
clares that the Herald, actuated by
personal malice and self-interest,
conceals this motive and poses and pre-
tends to be the guardian of public in
terests, denouncing individuals and
corporations, using such epithetS as
"WiZard, !" ''cOrSair," etc., and goes on
to say that the private life of the editor
of the Herald has been one succession
of debauches and scandals, and that his
name is associated on every tongue as
''BENNETT, THE LIBERTINE."
He declares that there is not gen.
tleman in New York who would allow
Bennett to cross his threshold where
virtue and family honor are held sacred.
MI. r.Gould then continues as follows: "a
few years ago, while on one Of his de-
bauches, the police came down on a house
of ill-fame in this city. You were among
the victims bagged. When you were ar
raigned, past midnight, at the police
station, you screamed: i am James
Gordon Bennett, let me co. Do you re-
member the reply of the faithful officer
who said: You may be James G. Ben
the case will take the usual course.
you went behind the bars. In the morn
ing, when you had sobered down and
came to full realization of your situa-
ton, you 20 longer screamed, i am
Jane Gordon Bennett, proprietor OF the
New York Herald but you spent the
whole day trying to get the newspapers
to suppress the sickening story, and
with very good success. At dinner
party given by you at your residence,
after your guests were about through,
you took a revolver and began
FIRING AT THE GLOBES
of the large chandeliers over the center
of the dining table, sending thousands
of 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" He next cited an Incl
dent where Bennett invited a number
of gentlemen to dine with him on his
yacht, among them an English. lord, and
acted so Outrageously that they were
obliged to go ashore. They
were landed at the morgue after
being rOwed around for some time in
different. .directions.s.In In conclusion Gould
says that he does not fear the combina-
ton of the Herald and certain lawyers
in prosecuting the Kansas Pacific bond
suit; that neither himself nor Sage re-
ceived penny profit from their cOnnec-
ton with those bonds, while the bond
holders were benefited to the extent of
millions,