St. Paul daily globe., 1886-04-16
GOULD AND POwDERLY.

It is about time that GOULD and Pow
DERLY were bringing their letter writing to
an end. Each of them wieldS a caustc pen,
and their communications make tolerably
interesting reading, but there are so many
other things of more importance to the
public than JAY GOULD's individuality that
an essay from either or both of these caustic
letter writers defining some plan of adjust
ing differences between labor and capital
would prove thousand times more bene-
fetal to the public interest than the charac-
ter of the correspondence that these two
notables have recently been exchanging.
So far as the correspondence has
gone, JAY GOULD retains all the advan-
tages that are to be gained by technical
dealing and special pleading. But so far as
an honest. straightforward course is con-
cerned, and an earnest desire to make an
honorable settlement of an unfortunate diff
Guilty, there is no question but that Mr..
PowDERLY has the advantage. The char
acter and disposition of the men show them
selves on the face of the correspondence.
PowDERLY is plain, blunt man, with fair
ability and as honest as the day is long.
There is no attempt at evasion or conceal
ment betrayed in all of his correspondence
He exhibits a consciousness of the
grave responsibility resting upon him as the
head of a new and powerful organization.
He has exhibited all the qualities of sue
ceSSful leadership in a cause which he
holds very dear to his heart. GOULD be-
trays the same sagacity, cunning and sell
fchn hos nhar aafa oil l.;
past life. The man who has not scrupled
to wreck banks and railroads and telegraph
companies doesn't hesitate to crush work.
ingmen when brought within his power.
The man whose cunning and treachery has
brought wealthy families from af-
fluence to poverty doesn't think il
a very bad thing to take bread
from the mouths of day laborers il
by doing so he can add few more dollars
to his swollen Golfers. All the world knows
JAY GOULD and the sort of man he is;
therefore, Master Workman PowDERLY
only wastes his ink and wearies the public
by leviewing GoULD's individual history
No amount of mud-slinging will damage a
man whose natural element is in the mud
puddle.
If Mr.. PowDERLY proposes to meet
GOULD on the ground the latter has chosen
and fight it out to the bitter end he must be
careful in the selection of his weapons.
He displays wisdom in announc.
ing his intention to make it q
legal combat. If he confines the
contest to this method, there is no doubt oi
the result being in favor of the labor organ.
lzation. The only question will be one OF
endurance. There is an old aphorism
among hunters to the effect that Brag is a
good dog, but Hold On is better. If the
labor organization has the resources to stand
legal siege of from three to five year:
hey will win in the courts. That is iust
lbout the size of it, for JAY GOULD know:
rom his experiences in the courts, how tC
prolong a case when it is to his interest tc
DO so. In all of his litigations he gain:
more victories by wearing out the opposing
itigants than by defeating them. And it is
Just here that Mr.. PowDERLY and his labor
organization will be placed at disadvan.
;age when he undertakes a legal confess
With the monarch railroad wrecker.