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Show ft ZZmZZZZIZ-- COULD ANO ADAMS. The Times has never been a great admirer of Charles Francis Adams. Crammed in college with iibal theories of the world and its government he lacked a practical comprehension of affairs that made failure of any enterprise enter-prise which he controlled inevitable. During the seven years ho was president presi-dent of the Union Pacific railway he utterly neglected the interests of the west and instead of a consistent policy he inaugurated an era of spasmodic reforms that collapsed at each test. lie dimly recognized tho needs of Utah and her future prospects and promise, and it seemed for a timo as if he would take advantago of them. Indeed it was in this city that in September 1881) three surveying parties were fitted out and sent forth in the field to locate railroads through the milling countries coun-tries of , Utah and tributary states. What little has come of it remains iu a state of lueompletion. We believe when Mr. Gould surveys the ground and hears what money has already al-ready been expended on the work, he will conclude to push it to a fiuish. I But whatever may have been Mr. Adams' mistakes, we give no credence to the charges implying dishonesty raised by Mr. Gould's interview in the New York Tribune. There is more animus than proof discernible iu the statement that tho ex president conducted con-ducted the business of the road with a view to en haneing his profits in the Kansas smelting works and certain stockyards in Kansas City. Neither is it possible, because not creditablo to the intelligence of the directors, that he went on building lines without the knowledge of the board. There is a long standing feud between Gould and Adams, and tho present change io the Union Pacilic seems to have intensified it. Mr. Adams will doubtless reply to1 Gould's strictures, and he will give back as hard as he gets it, but the truth lies probably half way between the as-aertions as-aertions of both the disputants. |