Carl Schurz and others, Speeches, correspondence and political papers of Carl Schurz… (1913)
“ During the last two weeks before the election all the voters that were still in doubt went to McKinley with a rush. Here in New York there was a sort of hysterical frenzy. I suppose the same condition of atmosphere existed in other places. You have no idea what pressure was brought upon me even by our personal friends who “could not understand it” that under the circumstances I would not “come out for McKinley before it was too late.” Of course we shall not give up the fight. But it seems to me that just now those anti-imperialists who voted for McKinley under protest have the floor. ”
