The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-12
AN A. P. A. COMMAND
Racksliders CITED to Appear Before
the Most Worthy MOgul.
ROUTING THE TRAITORS "
Copy OF a Circular Letter Sent Out
to Members Of the Order Who
Have Dared to Assert their
American Rights.

treatment to the TRAITORS" who did not
support the A. =. A. ticket last Mon
day and are going after them with a
red hot poker. During the past few
days about so notices have been sent
out 10 various members of the organi-
cation who did not pull true last Mon
day and they are all to be investigated,
and unless they can disprove the
charges they will be placed on the grid
iron, their names will DE placed on the
black roll in the halls of an the A. p. A.
councils in the country. and when they
die the word Traitor will be marked
on their tombstones.
Several of the letters addressed to
the traitors" have come into the pos
session of the Standard. and a sample
letter may perhaps prove interesting
reading to the general public. The let
tiers are written on a finely-gotten up
letterhead paper of the order. In the
center of the letterhead is a monogram
formed of the letters "A. p. A." Around
1t are printed these words:
Montana State Council, A. p. A ].
ID. Caldwell, state president, Pc. o. box
321. j. j. Anderson, state secretary, p.
y. box HOO. Rooms Nos. 9, IL and IL,
Columbia block, West Broadway"
The above forms the letterhead which
Is In print. Then comes the letter In
typewriter copy, except the signatures
ana the address. One OF the letters
reads as follows:
Butte. Mont. April 9, 1896.
John Meek, Esq, Butte City, Mont:
friendly virtue of the power in
vested in me as state president of the
American Protective association of the
state OF Montana, i hereby suspend you
from the order pending the investiga-
ton or certain acts and doings. con-
trary TO the laws of the order and of
which you are alleged to be guilty. NV
action Is based upon the following spe-
enc statements of conduct unbecomfng
a friend and member of the order:
That you did on the 9th day of April
A. D., 1886, in the city of Butte, state
OF Montana, during the city election for
aldermen use all your influence to the
election of one j. j. Knowlton, a can
oldate for alderman in the Eighth
ward, said knowlton having on said
DAY and at the Eighth ward polls NOM
mated and voted for one Andrew Ley
den to the position of judge of election.
a person known to- be controlled by the
Roman Catholic hierarchy
by using your influence for the cleo
ton OF the said Knowlton you have vio-
lated your obligation with the Ameri-
can Protective association.
You Will please take notice and re-
rrain from visiting any council or coun-
until the matter of your suspension ana
the grounds therefor have been passed
upon by the judiciary board of the
state council-you will hereafter be
cited TO appear before the said board
and show cause why you should not be
expelled for violation of the laws Of the
order as above alieged-of all of which
you Will have due and timely notice
Yours in F. p. & p,
u. d. Caldwell, State President.
Attest: j. J. Anderson,
state Secretary"
The name j. j. Anderson" is stamp-
ed right over the seal of the order the
seal being stamped on the lower left
hand corner. Around the edge Of the
seal are the words, State Council of
Montana, Instituted March /, 1894" In
the center of the seal are some mystic
signs and symbols, with the letters, IF.
p. p" once again.
John Meek, to whom the above letter
Is addressed, is a cripple and keeps a
little cigar and fruit store at No. 1872
West Park street. Mr. Meek was seen
by Standard reporter yesterday aft
ernoon and said:
Il left the A. p. AS last January,
ana l don't see what jurisdiction they
nave over me now or what obligation
L am under to obey their commands
any longer. / have seen the error of
my ways and have had enough of IL.
L want to apologize to the people of
Butte for training with that Thomp-
son outfit as long as / did. A real
American citizen ought to be ashamed
OF IL and / am ashamed of IL. But /
think L partially redeemed myself last
Monday by voting for Mr.. Davey for
alderman in the Sixth ward and by
working for Mr.. Knowlton in the
Eighth ward. / don't deny II at all. I
worked for Mr.. Knowlton and I voted
for Mr.. Davey and l am proud OF Il
Two years ago the A. p. A commanded
US TO do all we could for Knowlton
for alderman in the Eighth ward. and
on no consideration to support Near
thur. So we did. IL Knowlton was
good enough to work for two years ago
l don't see why he isn't good enough
TO work for now. My vote is my own
and as an American citizen / have the
right to vote for whom / please with
out any dictation from any pope. for
eign or American.
Il quit them last January. and this
year 1 have felt as though 1 could
once more breathe the free air of heav-
en-, and that / live once again in free
America, God bless heri Until / got
out of the organization / didn't know
whether i was really a citizen OF this
great and glorious United States OF
America or not. But am an American
once more!"
Ii seems TO be the general impress
sion about town that the A. T.. A. will
ma more than II can conveniently
handle to whip all its traitors" in line
between now and next fall
See Prahman Dry Goods Co. adver-
tisement on society page.
The Cree Indians are all buying New
bros Witch Hazel Cream TO take hack