CHAPTER XXX.

CONSEQUENCES OF THE UTICA (DIX’S) CONVENTION. A CHAPTER OF SECRET HISTORY.—CONKLING GETS THE CREDIT 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 …