57 New York Journal, August 28, 1897, August 23, 1897; see also New York Journal, August 24, 1897, August 25, 1897, August 26, 1897, August 27, 1897, August 29, 1897.
58 Stephen Bonsal, The Real Condition of Cuba To-Day (New York: Harper & Brothers, 1897), 147.
62 Robert Dallek, 1898: McKinley’s Decision, The United States Declares War on Spain (New York: Chelsea House Publishers, 1969), 32-43; Offner, ibid., 46-47.
70 William McKinley, “State of the Union Message, December 6, 1897,” from John T. Woolley and Gerhard Peters, The American Presidency Project (online).
71 Walter A. McDougall, Promised Land, Crusader State: The American Encounter With the World Since 1776 (New York: Mariner Books, 1997), 118.
CHAPTER 13: UNCROWNED KING OF AN EDUCATED DEMOCRACY