The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-04-06

refer 70 certain phases OF Gould which
his fiHtarers and tosdies do not dwell
upon. The attempt 10 raiee Mr.. Gould
upon a pedestal Of popularity and 10
labelbim an honorable man ia worthy
only Of a lunatic or knave. In the one
case the work is a labor of love, in the
other for revenue only. In neither
case, however, is any one except the
individual who makes the attempt
likely TO be fooled. When his time
comes he will realize the fate Of Burn
h am, Heath AID others who were once
courted, and fnslly Jared to dsstruc-
ton by that very square man, Gould.
The effort 10 make IL appesr thst
Mr.. Gould has laid the whole country
under a debt Of gIaitr de because OF
his scion last Sunday and Monday is
the product of unadulterated impu-
dence. Let his intentions with r. gard
to the strikers have been what they
may, and let his courte have been a
public benefit or wrong, there is one
phase OF his conduct which Indicates
what manner Of man he ie. On Mon-
day mornirg nearly every paper in
tno City tnNouh-th luht buc ilhcb
we're over, that Gould and Powderly
had agreed 10 arbitration, and all the
men were ordered 10 return 10 work.
Mr.. PowdeTly may or may not have
misunderstood Mr.. Gould, bat tnere lie
no question that Mr.. Gould did not
misundelstand what the papers sad,
or, sfter reading them, fail to knoW that
Mr.. PowdsIly hsd misunderltco cd
him, il Gould tells the truth.
Take these facts, then, as they cam
not be denied. Did Mr.. Gould, know
ing that a misunderstanding had been
Published, correct it promptly? Not
lie. Brokers known as "Gould pro-
kers" put in their appearance at the
Stock Exchange at the opening Mon
day morning, and made a pretense OF
buying stocks at rapidly advancing
prices. Did they buy on misuuder-
standing, or did they buy at ali7 The
belief is ihtt they cold every sbare Of
stock they could market while prices
were moving upward. 1t was not I'M
til the afternoon that Mr.. Gould gave
any inkliDg Of the fact that the news
papers had misstated the result OF the
Sunday meeting. That Adoais of e..
narcal virtue-which would-be Wallets
Of Gould would make him-at least
took advantage OF the misunderstood
ing even il he did not create it. Every
man who bought a share of stock on
Monday morning on published reports
OF the settlement of the strikes i'm
AGNES that Mr.. Gould put up the Job
that enabled him to be swindled.
We find the old trick revived rof
manufacturing a reputation for Mr..
Gould by reciting the names of co.di-
Tectors with him in )me of his enter
prises, particularly Western Union.
The names of President Depew of New
York Central, President Roberts of
the Pennsy lvania, President G. p.
Huntington OF Central Pacific, Mr.. H.
j. Jewett and others are mentioned as
an Endorsement OF Mr.. Gould. We
notice, however, that all the counting
is on one side. While Mr.. Gould is
very anxious to have these gentlemen
in the directory Of his companies, they
never invite Mr.. Gould mic theirs.
They do not court Mr.. Gould at all,
and there is not the slightest intimacy
between them aud him, which speaks
very plainly of the degree Of conf
dsnce they put in him. 1t would be
very much 10 ask that every respects-
BILE man owning stock in corpora.
ton should sell it out whenever Mr..
Gould managed to get a controlling
interest. Such policy would make
Mr.. Gould's bad reputation a mine OF
wealth TO him. 1t would be better to
him than big bank account on wide
mar2ins; better even than misunder.
standings with Knights OF Labor.
But who are the men who herd with
Jay Gould and are his intimates
You can look for them in the Exc
cutive Committee Of Western Union
in which is lodged the real control O
the company. We do not find any O.
the gentlemen mentioned above there
Oh, mol We find Cyrus W. Field, Al
present martyr to an investigation in
Massachusetts,; Russell Sage, tsrred
with the came stick; George j. Gould
son OF the old man; Alcnzo B. Cor
nell the blind pool statesman Thomas
7. Eckert, whose corns pain when il
rains at Jay Gould's summer resi-
dence; and John T. Terry, who is {
Gould man all the time. Here arr
seven men, Jay Gould making eight
out Of the twelve who run Western
Union to suit Jay Gould. That vision
OF virtue DOESN'T risk his wealth OF
the honesty of highly respectable
men--not much. He sees to it tina
he coatrols the business, although hi
sneaks behind respectable nameI
when he can.