St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-26
YOUNG GOULD.
He Is Said to Possess MurIt of his Fathers
Financial AbiIi,U.

| YOUNG GOULD.
He is Said to Possess mart. ofhis Fathers
Financial Abj(ify.
| The young bloods of the stock exchange
are waiting with considerable anxiety for the
hrst appearance of Mr.. George Gould among
them. writes a correspondent of the Boston
Herald. Mr.. Gould, who is the eldest son Of
the king Of Wall street, within the past week
purchased seat in the exchange, paying for
it S25, 900, and on Thursday afternoon be
was put through the examination which
everybody has to pass before he can be adj
mitted as member of that lively mob of cid
and young Bows. Young Mr.. Gould answered
all the questions satisfactorily, and he may
be expected to enter the board-room about
Monday. The brokers have fixed up an ex-
ceedngly lively reception for him. It is
known that there is no place in New York
where vigorous g0ings-on are carried to such
an extent as they are in the stock exchange
here. The pulling and hauling to which the
members are subjected at certain periods
and under certain circums stances fully equal
anything of the kind seen in the desperate
football matches of Harvard and Yale. The
other day when G. ?. Huntin gdon became a
member, he walked down to the door of the
ooard-room and started to go in, but one Of
the brokers in the center Of the floor yelled
''There he is,' and the others set up in
stantly such terrific shout that MI. Hunt
ington stopped in dismay and went over to
his office. He has not yet appeared person.
ally upon the floor, because te is afraid of
his initiation. 1t is, however, unlikely that
Re would be much hurt, as the brokers, with
all their roughness and tomfoolery, are not
likely to do any serious damage to an old
gentleman like him. With young Mr.. Gould
it is different. He has always prided him
self upon being an athlete, and he is likely
to make very interesting tussle with the
first one or two OF the brokers who jump
upon him with view of giving him his mi
tiation to the board. The end of it will be, of
course, that after some considerable
wrestling and knocking about, young Mr..
Gould and his associates will cure their
bruises with internal applications of an ex-
hilarating, if not exactly soothing, nature.
Mr.. George Gould is regarded as a man of
great promise by people who have watched
him during the past two or three years. 1t
is said. indeed, that he inherits much of the
great financial ability of his father, and that
he Is fully tit to step into the old gentleman's
shoes whenever that parsonage may arrive at
the conclusion that the time for his retire
ment has come. There is a wide difference
between the younger generation of Goulds
and the present set of Vanderbilts. The sons
of the New York central millionaire are
given to slashing about and cutting great
dash in all directions. They drink inordin-
| ately of champagne, they carry their heads
very high, and their general attitude is that
of persons who think they are very far above
the range of ordinary mortals. Mr.. Goulds
children are, however, all of them exceed
ingly quiet and refined. They all have the
deep olive complexion and flashing black
eyes of their father. whose unosten tatious
methods of life are adopted also by them.
Mr.. George Gould is somewhat taller than
his celebrated parent, and the two are con-
slant com panons. If the old gentleman is
over the ticker in his office, George is always
at his side watching the figures as they are
reeled off, and gathering from Mr.. Jay
Gould's conversation the significance of the
dips and plunges of the market. Two or
three times week | run across father and
son in the theaters. Both of them are much
attached to operate entertainments, aud al
most every night of the regular season they
off nights one is apt to catch them at some
farcical entertainment. Mr. Jay Gould is
generally looked upon as a saJurnine person
age who finds no joy in anything that strikes
other people as being highly humorous. This
| is wholly mistaken view of his character.
| He laughed almost necessarily at Mcstayer's
ridiculous piece called ''We Us ~ Co., )" and
| have seen him vocferously applaud the
comicalties of Harry Dixey in "Adonis."
| Mr.. Washington Connor, who is Mr.. Jay
| Goud's partner, told me not long ago that
| he believed George Gould would develop
| into financier at least as brilliant and dar-
ing as the present swarthy genius of Wall
street. The first formal appearance in the
stock market will be made in coupection
with the post he has Just purchased in the
| exchange. When asked concerning his
private fortune by the committee charged
with investigating his application, be set the
sum down at $4,000. Young Gould has
speculated a good deal on his own hook in
the street, and has made enough money in
the past few years to take care Of himself in
good style and to. Jay away a quite solid sum
for future use. He has not drawn upon his
fathers capital, excepting for the modest
amount with which he started, and the pro-
gress he has made has been due entirely to
his watchfulncss of the market and hi1own
judicOus investments. 1t is matter of
pride on the part of both the Goulds that no
tip has ever passed from father TO son, and
that the young man has made his way with
out taking advantage Of the paternal knowl-
edge of the situation.