The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-09-29
PENNSYLVANIA.
Covode ConsuIts with President Grant About
the Approaching Election-A A Correspondents
Version Of the Interview.

CovOde Consults with President Grant About
the Approaching Eleotion-A Correspondents
Version Of the Interview.
The New York Heralds Washington letter writer
sent the following from the capital yesterday
The rad cal party in Pennsylvania would seem to
be in lad way. II Geary is defeated however, 1t
win not be the fault Of John Cevode the chairman
OF the State Central Committee. That ndefatigable
worker after laboring for weeks past to settle the
nterminabe squabbles between the different clans
Of the radical party IN the heys@t0ne @ State @ arrived
Covodes success in reconclling the begerent ele-
ments OF his party on the eve OF great battle Is
something for other politicians to initiate "When-
ever heard OF trouble says Covode, Sin any part
OF the State just sent for the parties and having
brought them before me at Philadelphia, told them
what was to be done, and 1t was DONE"
In this way "HOnest John" as ne ls called, mas
brought Cameronians, Curtin men, Forneyites, fel-
against all the factions face TO face, got them III
good humor with each other, and set them all TO
work for GeaTy. Having put the machine IN goou
running order at home Covode thought he had better
run over here and learn how Grant felt. Senator
Wilson, OF Massachusetts,, made speech for Geary
in Philadelphia last night and Covode brought him
along to talk to the President about the importance
of electing Geary Collector Grnnell, OF New York,
happened to come on the same train with them,
and this morning C0vode, Wilson, Grinnell, and
w r. Chandler all made their appearance at the
White House and went in together TO the President
Grant inquired after Geary's prospects. C0yode
gave 1t as his opinion that Geary would be elected,
but he ntmated that some OF the radicalsin Penn
sylvania were not quite so sanguine. Aleck Mcclure
had said the other day that Geary was beaten; so
had Bill Mann The President said he did not believe
Geary would be beaten. His impressions while a
visit to Pennsylvania did not warrant that belief
Senator Wilson thought OF the greatest Importance
that the radicals should carry Pennsylvania and
Ohio this fall 'If are beaten there" said Wilson,
with great earnestness, 1--WE are beaten all through
the South and matters won't go right. III we are
successful in Pennsylvania and Ohio the South will
that it is not to her interest to go with the
Democracy" Covode said this was the view he took
Of the matter, whereat Grant took an extra pull at
his cigar and raised cloud of smoke between him
self and his visitors. When TINS, TINS had cleared away
what the administration could do. to help Geary, at
the same time expressing himself willing to do any
said most of the people of Pennsylvania
| knew on which side the President was, but
| he thought it would do the Republicans a
| great deal of good If the President could
| come into the State and mingle some with the
people. Noticing some little hesitation on the part
oGGrant, Covode here strengthened his argument.by
referring in complimentary way to the recent trip
of the President to the western part of Pennsyyania
into an argumenta}ive attitude, "@hat good you
did u.s. Mr. President by that little visit. You made
| great impression on the Germans, who were dis
| satisfied about their lager beer and the Sunday
| laws and one thing and another; and then the
| whisky men had threatened to go against us, but
| your visit seems to have made them all right"
| The President said he had been away so much
that he did not see exactly how he could go
to Pennsylvania. eve want you" said Covode, ''to
come into the part of the State. There is
be great fair at Allentown this week, and If poss
BILE you should be there tomorrow night If you Will
go / will make arrangements to have special Car
for you at Baltimore Tomorrow" The President said
he didn't know but i ne could G get OH ne ne % would CO.
ing. Having ''fxed" the President Govode pro-
ceeded to the Interior Department to see
Secretary Cox about letting Pennsylvanians
employed there go home to vote. Covode had
heard that Cox proposed to apply the docking sys-
TEN, which prevails at the Treasury, to all clerks
going home to vote. In consequence of this many
clerks had made up their minds not to go home AZ
all. Covode informed Cox OF this fact and intimated
that he Cox was endangering the success OF the
party in Pennsylvania, because, argued Covode, we
may need the last man and the last dollar; besides,
the President wants Geary elected This last point
was too much for Cox, and he agreed to let the
''nxed"t the President, Cox, and every other official
he came across, Coyode left for Pennsylvania to-
night to ''hX' Geary.