Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 December 1892 — The Wizard ot Wall Street. [ARTICLE]

The Wizard ot Wall Street.

A master of finance.—Detroit Journal. His career cannot be deemed a success.—Toledo Blade. The greatest financial genius of the age.—Buffalo Inquirer. The deceased financier was a bold and, indeed, a desperate operator.—New York World. He was an animated antithesis, the like of whom the world may never see again.—Cincinnati Times-Star. For more than twenty years the most potent figure in the world’s financial affairs.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Jay Gould is dead, but there are plenty of others to shear the lamb for the untempered wind.—Buffalo Express. The greatest money-maker ever known was the least known moneymaker that ever lived or died. —Brooklyn Eagle. It may be that the world has never done justice to him who is now, materially, poor as the poorest.—Washington Star. So long as he is remembered it will be only as the sharpest and most successful “speculator” of the century. — Philadelphia Bulletin. His will was indomitable; his courage ■was illimitable; his energy was tireless; his knowledge of human nature was perfect.—’Rochester Union. From first to last the business career of Jay Gould was an unparalleled story of successfully and wonderfully endowed avarice.—Cleveland Leader. Mr. Gould’s death simply removes a disturbing element in the financial world—an element whose influence was far-reaching, powerful, and always used selfishly.—Wheelinc Register. We say that the late Mr. Gould cannot be entirely condemned for becoming rich. If his fault needs explanation it can be given by the balance in favor of tho prosperity his railroad improvements created.—Columbus Dispatch.