Morning journal and courier., 1880-05-28
Some of the Men of Wall Street.

lCorrespondence Of the Springfield Republican,
 And now for the men of the street, whom you wish me to picture. MT. Keene, as all know comes from California. He brought $5, GOO, GOO with him, and is said to have soon doubled 1t in few successful ventures when fresh to the coast It is questionable how ever, if he has $10, 900, 900 now Lard is slippery thing to tie to- stocks cannot always be counted on to a dead certainty, and it must be remembered that the mills of the gods, which grind so surely and so finely, not unfrequently make grist of him who beareth his wheat, as well as of it, if he come too heavily laden. One who does not bny rail roads to run, grain to eat, nor lard to shorten biscuit with simply gambles on the price of commodities which he cannot control, and is apt to come to grief sooner or later. But MT. Keene is said to be man of generous in stincts and his financial wake would probably be largely attended.
 As for Cammack, he was once a blockade runner, believe. And the tactics that he used of old with federal gum boats he brings into play now as against all bull cruisers Lying off and on the market fender of fog than of clear weather, feeling for an oppor- tunity to make landing, running his prov in to reconnoiter and lodging back as if he scents danger, ready to dash through the first weak point that presents itself, his low black funnel of a hat and sharp cut-water are all suggestive of Clyde-built boat. Recent ly, under the guns of Gould, he has displayed more audacity in his forays than ever before, and fancy, has scored his first successes for months. To him the world is but astock exchange, and men and women the quota tions, they tell me, and for all that he thinks or talks of anything else his brain might be ticker and his tongue the tape.
 Of the most prominent men of the street. Jay Gould and Russell Sage remain. But how shall deal with them unless bypointing con- trasts? Thus, may say, that while Mir. ia aOlb Mr is And this, think, marks the difference be- tween them quite well as it can be done by words. Mind, do not say that Sage is not possessed of ambition as well, but I think it will be generally conceded that in him this passion is overpowered by another and not nobler one What is the guiding star in the life of one is but flicker in that of the other and is held as but pale beside the gleam of guinea. To be the leading rail road power of this continent-and that is to say of the worlds evidently what Gould aspires to, and aiming at this he regards money as but means, an incident-a most necessary one, however, ito the end. With Sage on the other hand, money stands first, and he would very likely let a railroad slip through his fingers while puttering over the price of put or call. This, they tell me, is the difference between the men. One goes for little fishes bobbing in the shallowest of waters for all sorts of le-backs, while the other makes great scoops of wide spreading net or grapples with great whales the smoke of whose fatness, when he gets them alongside, fills the air. Understand, now am holding no one up as an example of all or any of the cardinal virtues. I am but drawing contrasts. Thus I do not say that Gould would not bag church if it stood in his way and could be converted into passable railway depot. But do say that a contribution box would be very apt to pass through his hands with no diminution of it's An pleasure could I say much for all his asso~ ciates, many of whom pretend to more and a few of whom are the custodians of contri- button boxes. There is this about Gould he pretends to nothing and makes no expla- nations Put the blame on him who likes, he never opens his lips to put it elsewhere. And amid all the present cry that Gould broke the market and brought distress into the happy home of honest spectators who had hoped to retire from the market ere this, on competence earned by selling their stocks at profit to some one no better able probably to take loss than they-amid all this, I say, Gould has neither publicly or privately pointed to the fact that Vanderbilt quietly slid out of Michigan Central, Canada Southern and kindaed securities, some time since; that Cyrus Field peddled his Wabash out in several parishes so long ago as last December and that only himself and possi- bly Sage-have manfully held their K. T. through thick and thin, selling none, but buyins all that has been offered Possibly people would not believe him did he say thisi We'll, must confess to respect for the reticence that does not lie when there's no need to-and not the slightest possibility of being believed. This is where Gould is wiser in his generation than are most of his fellow financiers He backs his opinions silently, he bides his time patiently, and he bears his losses, if losses come, without complaint. He is cleanly in his companionships, and gathers around him as intimates neither gamblers nor horse-jockeys. So far from leading any one astray on the market, I am informed that he uniformly refuses to advise as to speculation at all, candidly confessing that he is frequent ly mistaken himself. In consequence, weep ing widows do not come to him with Wabash that he let them into, nor do reproachful orphans haunt his path holding up Pacific Mail into which he beguiled them. The m 8 that sit with him in council are as full of good sentiments as copy-books, while Gould, they say could not be coaxed into pronounc- ing the mildest panegyric on the beauties of benevolence or the reward which awaits vir- tue in another world. But am told that he has done some most liberal things with a quietness that literally kept his right hand which is his private secretary-from know ing that the left had done anything at all And W hen Isee he has attached to him all in his service by making them sharers in his pros perity, comparing his well-fed clerks and brokers with the lean 'seryitors who do the confidential work Of others, say: Verify there is shrewdness if not goodness in Gould. And whatever he may be, he at least is not mean.
 %. General Walker writes to MT. Steel, the new Supervisor of the Census in Philadel- phia: You will be bound by no appoint ments or promises of appointment made by Mir. White You will be asked to consider nothing but the good of the service The whole service, from top to bottom, will be completely under your command This of fee will render avery facility within its