Show brayton on henry in connection with tho appointment of receivers for tho northern pacific railroad mr brayton ives addresses a letter to the directors of that road saying of mr villard his career has been unique with no ostensible or visible occupation during the past five yeara other than that of president or chairman of tareo great companies he leaves them impoverished but he has acquired a fortune fort if hie friends statements can be trusted at tho rate of a year in conclusion mr ives characterizes villard tho shrewdest oiliest wiliest wi liest least scrupulous and most successful financial adventurer that has ever como to this country coming as this docs from knoot mr ives social and business position it must be interesting reading to choso who receive their ultimate convictions of morals as well as politics from a newspaper which villard bought and for some time openly edited and managed through carl schurz and the present editors it is only fair to say that though our president when lately elected was willing to bo an honored guest at villards 40 a plate dinner at pherrys Sher rys abo evening post of now york has been forced by the pressure of public opinion to deny that villard any longer controlled its pages this denial however carries no more weight than any other assertion of that paper tho mail and express callo attention to this characteristic connection of un scrupulousness in finance with hypocrisy in morals and politics and after quoting from the letter of mr ives ho goes abroad with full pockets but leaves behind empty treasuries that paper says and yet to think that tho canting and self righteous organ from which tho pharisees pharis ees and the angels derive their political tenets and their moral inspiration is controlled by this self samo adventurer cheso same pharisees pharis ees and angels stood tho anarchists anar chista and rum hole keepers in tho last presidential contest and all in new york but about voted for tammany hall candidates |