Carl Schurz and others, Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz… (1913)
“ Let me ask you whether a man who for years has wielded great power and influence and has never used it to uncover and put down corruption, and never ad vanced any measure to reform the abuses of the Govern ment, can be an acceptable candidate when it is the very first duty of the American people to reestablish the moral character of their Government, and when this must be done against the opposition which comes from the "ma chine"? ”
