The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1871-04-18
GEARY IN DANGER,


From the N. Y. World.
We have always had, as our columns attest
kind feeling for the mildly Republican Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania. His chronic versa
tility and the palpable weaknesses, rather
those of head than heart as revealed in his
political transitions and questionable military
exploits we have dealt with in tone of
kindly good humor. His manly conduct since
he has been Governor, on more occasions
than one, especially in his effort to save the
sinking fund of his State from corporate spo-
liation, and his manly rebuke, in the highest
and finest spirit, of the Federal intrusion at
the polls, have extorted from us earnest and
cordial praise. So now, in no meddlesome
temper, we are tempted, if not to break a
lance in his behalf, to utter word of friendly
sympathy and approval. He is in peril in
the house of his friends. The loyal press
of Philadelphia is out in shrek of fury
at him. The League-the mother League,
too-in whose friendly arms he once
was cherished and from whose bounteous
bosom he drew so much of that nutriment
which in his executive infancy made him at
once so cosy and so rosy-the league, Medea-
like, casts him out, and is ready to murder
him. All this, it seems, for no other reason
than that he desires, in the pending difficulty
between labor and monopoly, as developed in
Pennsylvania most protected spot, it should
be settled on terms favorable to that side
which has fewest influential friends; and has
had the inconceivable audacity, by the advice
of his law -officer-the Attorney -General-him-
self a Loyal Lacquer of the most eruptive char
acter-to institute regular judicial inquiry
as to whether certain corporations have acted
within their charter. In doing this he falls
at once from grace-not only so-but ne con-
fronts the great corporate powers that rule
PENNSYLVANIA, and throws himself
in open defiance of the
President of the United States, whom,
in common with other proprietors, these COR
porations own. Is not, or was not until
recently, MIR. Borie director of the Reading
Railroad Company, the chief offender; and
are not Mr.. Cameron and Mr.. Scott (not of
the Senate, but of the Pennsylvania CentraU
all powerful in another direction? There is
something very intrepid, though not alto
gether prudent, in this open defiance. There
is in the Herald the report of an interview
with Governor Geary at once SO dramatic and
lifelike that we cannot withhold credit from
it. Here is tale of piteous disappointment
winding up with disclosure which we should
not dream of making on authority less re-
sponsible and impressive than Governor
Gesry's:-
81 understood that Grant disappointed you In re-
gard to a visit he was to make you"
"Yes, he did. met him and invited him to come
as Congress adjourned. 1 told him he could have
quiet and, l. hoped pleasant sojourn at Harris
meet him. We would ride around the country in
the afternoon and be to ourselves or with company
Just as he & pleased He @ seemed to be greatly eated
pleased to have him come. went home and made
arrangements TO give him half OF my house for his
| residence during his visit to Harrisburg did not
care If spent years salary, $4,000; yes. would
event 'Sf'' Of my administration % Everythng was vas
being perfected in good style, on the
the Presidents visit, and was congratulatlng my
self on the pleasure he would receive at Harrisburg
when received intelligence one day that he OF
| with Cameron and a number OF Philadephians on
| fishing excursion. When heard that Cameron had
captured him knew there was no further hope OF a
visit to Harrisburg. stopped the preparations and
teegraphed to the northern part OF the State that
would leave at once on tour OF inspection to the
| prisons, school-houses, and other public buildings,
"Dld Grant and his friends catch many nsh2"
81 don't know but, to use slang term, they all
got as drunk as hdders and had to help each other
| home by Jurns."
And then is added
81 understood that Commodore Foote had talked
to Grant, with tears in his eyes, until he had induced
! him to cease drinking; at least all the 'mera histo
! ries OF the war say that he did"
"Hlstory is one thing, whiskey Is another"
There is rashness in this; and it is quite
within the range of possibility that Governor
Geary may be the first victim of the new Ku-
klux bill; for, if the Pennsylvania corpora
tions-B07Ie GdjugdRtt-claim that their
rights under the fourteenth amendment, as
construed by Judge Bradley, are interfered
with, and that the constituted authorities, 4"
of whom Governor Geary is one, "conniye"
or ''refuse to interpose, there will be nothing
to prevent the President from declaring mar
tiai law in Scranton and Mahanoy and taking
| military possession of Pottsville. The Cover
nor's only hope is that Mr.. Borie has passed
into the category of Mr.. Grinnell, and that
the rich and respectable loyalty of Philadel-
phia, like that of New York, is no longer
worth considering.