The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-08-27
Sends Anti-lmperialistic Literature
to Congressman Shattuc.
THEREBY MAKES TROUBLE
THE OHIO REPRESENTATIVE BE-
COMES VERY INDIGNANT.
He Challenges the Boston Man to
Carry Out His Threat to Defeat
Him, Shattuc, For Reelection to
Congress-Refers to His Gall and
Egotism.

Cincinnati, O., Aug. 26.-The follow
ing correspondence between Edward
Atkinson of Boston, the anti-eXpansion
leader. and Congressman w. b. Shat
tue of Cincinnati explains itself:
Boston, Aug. 15.-Hon. w. b. Shat
tue, NJ. c., Madisonville, o. Dear Sir
A COPY of Anti Imperialist' is returned
to me with this endorsement: he
spectfully returned. Take my name on
your list. 1 am no traitor to my coun-
try
Il am very glad to have the infor-
nation that you are not a traitor. Had
you been, l should have taken your
name off of the list of members of con-
gress, TO all of whom my pamphlets In
support of Senator Hoar and others
are sent l may add that since we may
assume that you do not support the
opponents of criminal aggression, our
effort to take your name off the list of
the members of congress at the next
election will be fully justified In the
interval you may receive other copies
of documents similar TO that which you
have returned, because II cannot at
present expurgate my mailing list.
Yours very truly,
EDWARD ATKINSON.
Cincinnati, o., Aug. %, 1899.
Reply of Shattuc.
Edward Atkinson, Esq, Boston:
Dear Sir-I have received your letter
of the 18th inst, and beg to tell you
that l would not even for the nomin-
( alton to congress, support those guilty
of criminal aggression against this gov
eminent Gas you are guilty.. Your in
timation that you may be able to have
my name taken off the list OF the mem
bers of the next congress because de-
cline to receive your reasonable docu-
ments is already evidence OF your mon
umental gall and egotism. You VIII
succeed in your effort about as well as
you did in getting your criminal liter
allure in the hands of Aguinaldo and
his followers. You knew what you were
doing when you tried to get this trash
into the rebels hands. Your purpose
was to give the rebels encouragement,
TO embarraSS the government OF the
United States, and to induce the rebels
to hold out, until. perhaps, you could
try your luck in having the names OF
the loyal congressman taken OFF the list
at the next election.
mot a precinct in the First Ohio con-
gressional district would elect you or
one of your kind as a delegate to a
convention to nominate a director for
the county poor house. The citizens OF
this district are loyal. patriotic people,
and | am sure they are not in sympa-
thy with those who are doing all they
can to embarrass President Mckinley
and the government in the effort to re-
store order and suppress the rebellion
in the Philippines. When that is ac-
complished, it will be to determine
what form of government shall be es-
tablished in those islands.
Our people applaud the speech made
by our president recently, when he said,
speaking of our flag, 1t is the flag of
the free, the hope of the oppressed,
and wherever it is assailed, at any sac
riffce, it will be carried to triumphant
peace That is the kind of talk our
people like here.
For fear that you will forget it, let
me suggest that you make memoran-
dun that the nomination for congress
in the First Ohio district will be made
about September, 1900. 1t will be neces-
sary for you, to secure the result you
desire, to commence your work little
before that time-the earlier, the better
for l am assured that your friend
Aguinaldo will cease to exist as mill
tary chieftain long. before that date.
Very respectfully.
wv. 3. SHATTUC. NJ. c."