The San Francisco call., 1898-07-28
GOULD AS 4 KaLsoMINE ARTIST.

n a whitewash expert there IS probably none \ rising superior to Frank h. Gould. lie realizes the necessity of coating to hide the real character of himself and his associates, and With lavish hands he daubs it on To knock off a few flakes of the deceptive exterior becomes duty, and if some skin peel with it the fault Is Goulds.
 The Agnews investigation has gone far enough to demonstrate the purpose dishonest, the method far cca and the result all arranged in advance, to be the inevitable glossing of faults so grave that they have made the asylum reek with scandal. At taches afraid to speak Outsiders are not per mtted to tell what they know The fear of Gould has closed the mouths of subordinates and the creatures of Gould aid him in keeping silent those who would be glad to speak The way in which the nvestiga ton is being hampered is in itself plea Of guilty Were the institution honestly and properly, the personnel respectable everybody concerned would be eager to have the fullest light turned upon its internal affairs. Instead of this, those against whom charges have been brought assume the role of witnesses, judge, jury and prosecutor. It could hardly be ex- pected under these circumstances that the truth would be encouraged Gould sloshes into the whitewash bucket, and far his brush reach, pasters his environment with the bogus emblem of purity. Doubtless Sponogle of i'll repute, and the weakling associates of Gould will emerge from the ordeal snowy as alabaster images, walking monu- ments of virtue
 Gould has faculty for holding office He is the gentleman who recently made report to Governor Budd on the condition of building and loan associa- tons and afterward made second report for publi- cation conflicting with the first explaining that the
 first came from him official, and the second as an individual Here is a delicate distinction. Either the official or the individual did something which either the official the individual had right to do
 Just where the two entities merge IS known only to Gould and while he IS in the whewash line he would better give each of them dab It was Gould who while Speaker of the Assembly
 in 1893 presented bill for services at SIS per day, which an honest Controller did not let him get. A member of the Assembly is allowed $8 day and the Speaker $Io According to Gould's figures he was entitled to both salaries, and he had the to press the claim even after it had once been thrown out His course is now easy to understand That only another instance of his dual existence If he can be an officer and an individual neither entity having anything in common with the other, surely he could be an Assemblyman and Speaker two dis tnct personalities but with pocket. However, the record does look we'll and coating of white wash is needed there, toO if any be left when the Agnews comedy is over Imagine such other Speakers as Frank L. Coombs or Morris M Estee trying so knavish a trick.
 In the news columns the shameful tale of Agnews has been told The conditions prevailing there are reproach to the State. There is no disposition on the part of Gould to clean out the place; 1t would be hara-kiri cleaning would oust his brother and other friends, bounce Sponoge and Hale and leave Gould himself standing pensively outside the walls and marveling what had struck him. Governor Budd has devoted much time to State institutions, particularly those having to do with the of the poor and afflicted He owes it to himself now to devote special attention Agnews. If he desires to go from office with honor he will have to see that Gould and the Gould gang go first