[936] Some months later Chauncey I. Filley, a delegate from St. Louis, caused the Grant medals to be struck for the 306, on which was emblazoned "The Old Guard."
[937] "It has been asserted that this nomination was a boon to Roscoe Conkling to secure his support of Garfield. To deny this is almost supererogatory. He sternly refused to make any suggestion."—Conkling, Life of Conkling, p. 607-608.
[938] Woodford's interview with the writer, October 4, 1908.
[939] Mr. Morton's letter to the author, dated September 14, 1908.
[940] Letter of Howard Carroll to the author, dated October 15, 1908.
[941] Interview of author with General Woodford.
[942] New York Tribune, June 9.
[943] After the nomination John Sherman wrote to a personal friend: "The nomination of Arthur is a ridiculous burlesque, inspired, I fear, by a desire to defeat the ticket. His nomination attaches to the ticket all the odium of machine politics, and will greatly endanger the success of Garfield. I cannot but wonder how a convention, even in the heat and hurry of closing scenes, could make such a blunder."—Burton, Life of Sherman, p. 296.
[944] "I do not think he [Arthur] knows anything. He can quote a verse of poetry, or a page from Dickens and Thackeray, but these are only leaves springing from a root out of dry ground. His vital forces are not fed, and very soon he has given out his all." Mrs. James G. Blaine, Letters (February 21, 1882), Vol. 1, p. 309.
[945] Tilden's letter of June 18, 1880.—Public Writings and Speeches, Vol. 2, pp. 502-506.