| Show AN OPINION OF dir dib jay jax jax JAY GOULD 9 the the dispatches informed us that mr sidney dillon on that day resi resl resigned ned the presidency of the union pacific mr chas fraucis francis adams jowas ar was elected in his place it alias has been generally recognized as a fact that mr nir gould was realy really the president of the road mr dillon practically merely iely lely representing him the former still rem remains ainsa a director of the roaland roa dand if mr adams still retains the same opinion of him he ion lon long iong since expressed the twain are not on one e to any ble extent here is an extract from frol n the expression of opinion referred to goulds operations in railway enterprises terp rises have not been of a nature likely to encourage public confidence in his ideas of fiduciary relations ile he was a broker and a broker is almost by nature a gambler perhaps the very last profession suitable for a railway manager in character he is strongly marked by his disposition for silent intrigue he gerfers as a rule to operate on his own account without admitting n other persons into his confidence and an he seems never to be satisfied except when deceiving every one as to his intentions tent ions there is a reminiscence of the spider in his nature ile he spins his hinge webs in corners and in the dark which are seldom stron strong enough to resist a serious strain at the tre erril erfil critical cal cai moment ills liis disposition to this subtlety and elaboration of intrigue I ible it is scarcely necessary to say that he has not a conception of a moral principle in speaking of this class of men it must be fairly assumed at the outset that they do not and cannot understand der stand how there can be a distinction between right and wron in I 1 n matters of speculation so long iong as the dally daliy settlements are punctually effected in inthis this respect mr gould gouid is probably as lion hon 4 est as the mass ot ol his fellows according to the moral standard of the street i I 1 but without entering upon technical questions of roguery it is enough to sar say that he is an uncommonly tine nine and tin un scrupulous intriguer skilled in all the processes of stock gambling Vu bling passo and passably passo indifferent to tue tle the pral praise so or censure of society |
