CONSEQUENCES OF THE UTICA (DIX’S) CONVENTION.
A Chapter of Secret History.—Conkling gets the Credit 307
for Dix’s Nomination and His “Silence Gives Consent”
to the Honor.—Robertson Regards Him as a Marplot.—The
Senator Innocently Condemned.—The Misunderstanding
which Defeated Grant for the Third Term, and Elected
Garfield.—How the Noble “306” were
Discomfited.-“Anything to Beat Grant.”—The Stalwarts
and the Half Breeds.-“Me Too.”—The Excitement which
Aroused Guiteau’s Murderous Spirit to Kill Garfield