The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-10-03
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Maj. J. henry Gould. OF M9ifsld, Mass.
is a candidate for auditor On the republican
/ ticket in that stats He was nominated
| Sept. - Maj J. Henry Gould is well
I known in Savannah. He was collector Of
I1terna, revenue here twenty years ago. He
came with the union army AID remained
He doubtless thought there was better
chance to improve his fortunes here than at
the north.
He succeeded in eating himself appointed
10 the Office Of collector of internal revenue.
TIE oilce was very fat one at the time,
but fat as It was it didn't yield sufficient far
20 satisfy Maj. Gould He went out OF
Office in 1872. and au exa nination of his
accounts sh owed tina: he owed the govern
ment very nearly $4,000.
Maj. Gould went away aud left his bonds
men to settle with the government. The
government, Of course, promptly jumped
on the bondsmen. 1t doesn't seem to
have troubled itself about Maj. Gould He
was a republican. aud. it may be, had in
Huential friends in high places Mai
Gould is one of the constituents Of Ssnator
Hoar and Representative Lodge, the author
of the force bill 1t would not be surprising
il Mai. Gould were one of those who insists
that the force bill shall be passed. The
convention which nominated him last
month indorsed it.
But the government didn't succeed in
getting all of the $4,000, for the disap-
peararce of which Maj. Gould was respon-
slDle. The suit which was instituted against
the bondsmen dragged along through many
years, until all the bondsmen except one
died or lost their property. That one is an
old man now, and on last Tuesday the gov
eminent agreed To accept s., 900 of his
hard-earned accumulations in settlement of
the claim, provided he would pay ali the
costs. A settlement was effected on tn at
basis
But why hasn't the government bothered
Maj. Gould in all these yearsl And why
hasn't Maj Gould stretched out helping
hand to his struggling bondsman here in
Savannah If he is the good man which
his party in Massachusetts, thinks he is.
how is it that ne permits another TO suffer
for his wrongful acts
Maj. Gould's Saya nnah record was circu-
lated in Boston last Monday, aud a reporter
OF the Boston Herald went TO his home in
Medfield and asked him about it. From
the reporters account tho mljor has a very
pleasant home, and is highly thought OF by
his neighbors. What sort OF man must
he be, that he can surround himself with
the comforts which only wealth can procure.
while the consequences of his unlawful acts
threaten to overwhelm in financial ruin the
m IN who befriended him in the DAYS when
his friends were few
The Herald reporter asked Mai. Gould
abc Ut the report of his irregularities when
he was in the service. Did Mai. Gould
almit that he was guilty of irregularities!
This is what he seid:
81 think it would be in YER bad taste for
me to say anything about them just now. an
they are not spec flc enough Besides, [
would find little else to do If attem Dted to
refute all the campaign stories which will
be circulated about me. Look here at these
papers and see if | have not a good war
record. Besides, have been a commander
or our grand army post here for three wears.
and am also a member of the Loyal Legion
| really don't know what to think of these
things, but can assure you they are only
rumorS."
Can it be possible that the Maj. Gould
who is candidate for state auditor of
Massachusetts and the John II. Gould who
left his bondsmen in the lurch in Savannah
away back in 1872 are not one and the same
persona That would be the inference from
what Maj. j. Henry Gould, of Medfield,
says. 1t is pretty safe to assume, however,
that the only difference is that between the
carpet-bagger gathering spoils and the car
pet-hagger returned to the home of his
nativity.