THE PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION IN 1880.
Talk of Grant for President for a Third Term--His Triumphal Return
from a Trip Around the World--The Candidacy of Mr. Blaine and Myself
--Many of My Opponents Those Who Disagreed with Me on Financial
Questions--Accused of Being a Catholic and of Using Patronage to
Aid in My Nomination--My Replies--Delay in Holding the Ohio State
Convention--My Interview with Garfield--Resolution of the State
Convention in My Favor--National Convention at Chicago, on June 2,
1880--Fatal Move of Nine Ohio Delegates for Blaine--Final Nomination
of Garfield--Congratulations--Letter to Governor Foster and to
Garfield--Wade Hampton and the "Ku-Klux Klan."