The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1886-04-22
A POWERFUL RoBBER.
Jay Gould, and the Tremendous Sway lie
Exercises over tho Country.

II jay NOulu, hhu the lf'hehuouh sway ne
Exercises over tho Country.
EDITOR pEMOchAT: II seems TO mt
| ha. h. public, ~ least the majority.
are wholly unaware Of the magnitude
Of the gigantic operations Of that great
railway robber, wrecker and stol k
gambler, Jay Gould, OF Wall Street, New
York.
lilo commenced operations number
Of years ago, perhaps seventeen, 10
pluDder the Erie and has aimee euhjn'
gated the Union Pacific, the Texaa Pa
cite, the Wabash eystem, the Anthracite
coal roads, the Elevated Railroads, the
WeateTn Union telegraph the city f
s l., uls, the Union Bridge Company
OF ~, Louis, the railroad eyatem Of the
Southwest The telegraph OF Canada, and
has entered upon the commercial con-
quest OF old Mexico He IL the no d OF
20,C00 miles OF railway. He ie the con-
rolling spirit OF corporations, with the
dangerous aud tremendous amount Of
nearly nine hundred millions OF dollars,
which ls more than the whole State Of
| Illinois ie worth He was the king OF
tho pool OF stock gamblera that ran
gold up from $l.3l 10 81 62 on Black
Friday, Tle IN able TO name the price
within season OF any stock on the liet.
No corporation can Withstand an attack
from him. for his control Of the telegraph
Riyes him uEdue power over tho press
ho owns the leading Democratic and
Republican newspapers In the county.
lIe has taken % hand In the Ocean.cnrry-
Ing trade, 10th In the Atlantic and Paclllc.
Tho Pacific mails and the Panama lines
have been eubjUgated also. IL will not
be long before he will control oil the
routes OF transportation aud communi.
cation on and out Of this continent. His
power grows stet dily, and the limits OF
his operations widen. He 10 able and
does buy up the courts OF the country,
C0ngreeemen and members OF State Log
islatures, and no open y b0aets OF II. He
has arrived NJ auch q pitch OF power that
he needs no official assistance.
Our political and industrial eyetems
invite conquest by such bold and un.
scrupuloue men as Gould, Vanderbilt and
others. Gould Ia yet q young man, about
30 years OF age. He 10 u Napoleon In On ;
pacity, Ia daring and ambitious, He
works 10 crafty his lust for power In
odern ways. II his schemes do not
miscarry no will soon own the country,
nj least some think 40. | differ with
them; for | believe some crank from
among the Knights OF Labor will aseas
sinate him. He will beyond doubt meet
q violent death. He has given provoca.
ton enough, and better men than he
have been put away for less wrong do
Ing. But Notwithstanding all this he
Ia the most powerful man In this coun-
try to-day. He 10 recognized In Wall
street 90 the greatest man alive by the
stock gamblers and ehyloCkg, and his Ca
reer has been one OF the most unblush.
Ing records Of gigantic robberies by law
ever perpetrated on the American con-
tinent. But o break will come; ono man
cannot own this country, II may DO tho
courts will allow u; II may be the law
permits u; II may be he gains possess.
Ions by virtue 40 % genius that would
have done credit 10 Cromwell or Caesar
nevertheless, when ho takes possession
there will be an earthquake that will
swallow him up, and ail like him, who
follow In his ungodly footsteps. Jay
Gould may reign, but not long,
JOHN BRYAN.
Canton, o., April 10Th, 1865.