s, his alternate, upon whom he cast the responsibility of
violating a solemnly uttered pledge, feebly pronounced the name
"Blaine." The result of the roll-call gave Grant 51, Blaine 17, and
Sherman 2.[1694] On the seventeenth ballot Dennis McCarthy, a State
senator from Onondaga, changed his vote from Grant to Blaine. Thus
modified the New York vote continued until the thirty-sixth ballot,
when the Blaine and Sherman delegates united, recording twenty votes
for Garfield to fifty for Grant. On this roll-call Grant received 306
votes to 399 for Garfield.[1695] Thus by a strange coincidence the
Stalwarts registered the fateful number that marked their strength
when the unit rule was defeated. During the thirty-six roll-calls
Grant's vote varied from 302 to 313, but in the stampede, when two
hundred and fifteen Blaine men and ninety-six supporters of Sherman
rushed into line for Garfield, the faithful 306 went down in defeat
together. These figures justly became an insignia for the heroic.[1696]

[Footnote 1694: The first ballot was as follows: Grant, 304; Blaine,
284; Sherman, 93; Edmunds, 34; Washburne, 30; Windom, 10. Whole number
of votes, 755; necessary to a choice, 378.]

[Footnote 1695: Thirty-fifth ballot: Grant, 313; Blaine, 257; Sherman,
99; Edmunds, 11; Washburne, 23; Windom, 3; Garfield, 50. Thirty-sixth
ballot: Grant, 306; Blaine, 42; Sherman, 3; Washburne, 5; Garfield,
399.

Conkling's peculiar manner of announcing New York's vote excited
criticism. "Two delegates," he declared, "are said to be for Sherman,
eighteen for Blaine, and fifty are for Grant." The chairman of the
West Virginia delegation, whom the Senator had sought to unseat,
mimicking the latter's emphasis, announced: "One delegate is said to
be for Grant, and eight are known to be for Blaine."]

[Footnote 1696: 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."]

After Garfield's nomination the Stalwarts of the New York delegation
did not conceal their disappointment. When everybody else was cheering
they kept their seats, and while others displayed Garfield badges,
they sullenly sought their headquarters to arrange for the
Vice-Presidency. Leaders of the Garfield movement, now eager to
strengthen the ticket, looked to them for a candidate. New York
belonged in the list of doubtful States, and to enlist the men who
seemed to control its d