The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1895-01-19
THEY ARE THE PEOPLE
That is PreSidsn! ClIdWlIl'S Opinion
Of lh3 A. P. AS
HE SAYS THEY'RE PURE STUFF
A Letter in Which the Grand MoguI
or the Order Gives Permission
to Certain Gentlemen to Re-
turn to Butte Without
Punishment.

| NONsNNiLs AMERICAN BKOTECIlNL
ASSOCIATION.
STATE PRESIDENTS OFFICE. }
BUTTE. Mont, Jan. Is. 1895. !
10 the Editor Of the Standard:
In your issue of tins morning l notice
an article Here's a Pretty Mess, Mon
tanas Legislators Threatened for Doing
their Duty" and the following note, which
was received by one of the Legislators
from Silver Bow county:
OH. BUTTE Jan. &c. 1886.
Surer Bo,c Legislature Delegation. Helena.
You traitors. Understand we. an oath-bound
Ddnd OF Thirteen, viii with pleasure await your
arr Mai IN Butte, either during after your lie
islatlye duties have expired You despised
brlDe-takers. Traitors TO your constituents
traitors 10 your country and traitors to your re-
llgion. on kome-bought abOTtions. Dare you
| eau yourselves Americans or confront those to
| whom you owe your offices?
| 81, sincerely we thirteen, await your arrival in
| VIE utandest Mining Camp on Earth" You
will find upon Investigation there are no trai orr
IN our mystic number.
JAMES MILAN,
Chairman Commit. ee.
| 10 - - - and other traitors.
The undersigned, from his position with
the A. =. A., feels that it is his duty to
answer this article and / respectfully re-
quest, simply in the name of justice, that
you give this letter space in the columns
of your valuable paper.
L nave taken pains TO investigate the
whole matter. / know that the under
signed has the confidence of every honest
A. Z. A. in the state of Montana, and if
anything of the kind as above had ever
blossomed / should have known il. No
earnest member of this American
organization has il in his soul or his make
up TO be guilty of such an act so cowardly.
only ask you to take their history
throughout the United States. They have
never yet started riot or trouble of any
KIND, but they have suppressed several.
An A. +. A. never seeks a disturbance
OF any nature, neither does he run from
1t, particularly when his honor or his
his home is at stake. The belief here,
which is rapidly gaining ground, that the
legislator who received the above note is
very likely the one who wrote it, or had
some one write it for him, to excite sym.
pathy in his behalf, and if possible 10
cover up tho wrong which he enacted. If
he finds any decided pleasure in this kind
OF pastime, the a. p. AS only saw. Ego |
ahead, old man, and bye and bye write |
him more"
10 the alleged threatened members of |
tho legislature from Silver Bow county |
please accept this assurance from me.
and 1t comes with authority, that your re-
turn and your residence in the CITY of
Butte, in SO far as the A. p. AS are con-
cerncd, shall be as peaceful and placid as
the going to rest of summer sun. You
snail not be annoyed in the least imapin-
able way by any a our members. Ii is
not the desire of any one of the boys TO
ay hands on either of you for any pur-
pose whatever. Your physical comfort in
his city will be as safe as anywhere under
our grand old stars and stripes.
No boys, you are most sadly mistaken.
Inc A. +. AS are magnanlmous. they
annot desplse you at all, they only pity
'ou Tor not having the courage of your 1
Come back to Butte. il is in
AMERICA, therefore it is full of Gods own.
manly men who will see that you are pro- !
ected. ,
To the members of the legislature and 6
lot members of the A. p. A, order. We :
rect you most kindly, sincerely with heart
cit kind friendliness. We don't ask Won I
or any favor or kind words whatever. All 1
hat we demand are laws suitable for |
american citizens, which necessarily will n
Q in direct line with the constitution of K
he United States. That is all we ask :
nd 5000 men only unite at the sarcasm Il
lrown at us yesterday in one of YOUR 4
,Rislative halls. !,
Gentlemen, we are not mad far from I
: ne action OF our representatives last c
tuesday, has simply solidified our oroani. q
alton stronger than ever before, and to- Il
ay our numerical strength stands as n r.
nit. 7
To the committee appointed bv tho s
ouse OF representatives TO examine into r.
lis horrible letter writing business, please b
low me In the name of the organization Ii
extend TO you an invitation to come h
yer to Butte. If any of our boys can he h
service to you in the least, command n
em and they arc at your service. If il
FOUND that a member of this organiza- o.
On wrote any human being a threaten lo
Z Ietter al any tlme upon any question, n
lless 10 himself, pledge you now the n,
oral and financial support of the A. p. IA
>, support to prosecute him TO the fullest II
tent of the law. n.
As n body we do most earnestly cour, p,
ur most rigid investigation. An A.p "a
is honorable to his mother, to his cou,. n,
: and himself; then it will NECESSARILY es
low he is always open to honest inyesti- hi
tion. J.,
In closing in the name of that grand r,
u magnificent American order. which az
undersigned has the DISTINGUISHED nj
nor 10 represent, allow me TO offer tho an
personalities OF both houses of Tho
lte OF Montana, our best wishes. be-
wing and knowing that honesty is in
majority with you, that America will
side over all her deliberations. bring
peace. good will and prosperity TO orr II
re and its patriotic citizens. believe me
st sincerely yours in fidelity. purity th'
protection. j. ID. CAIDvrrI Oh
President A. Il. A. of Montana. the
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