Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-08-26
IS CALLED DOWN
Scorching Letter Sent to
Edward Atkinson.
AN OHIO CONGRESSMAN
Defends the Policy of the Government
and Defies the "Anti-Imperialists'
to Prevent His Reelection to Con-
greSS In 1900.

cincinnati, Aug. 26.--The following COR
respondence between Edward Atkinson
of Boston, the anti-expansionist leader,
ana Congressman w. B. Shattuck of
Cincinnati. explains itself:
Boston, Aug. 15.-Hon w. B. Shat
tuck, M. c., Madisonville, Ohio-Dear
Sir: a copy Of Anti-Imperialist is re-
turned to me with this Endorsement,
Respectfully returned Take my name
or your list. l am no traitor to my
country am very glad to have the in
formation that you are not a traitor.
Had you been I should have taken your
name off the list of members Of congress,
TO al OF whom my pamphlets in support
or Senator Hoar and others are sent.
may add that since we may assume that
you did not support the opponents Of
criminal aggression our effort to take
your name off the list of the members of
congress at the election will be fully jus
titled. In the interval you may receive
other copies of documents similar to that
which you have returned, as cannot at
present change my mailing list. Yours
truly.
AID " AMI "A lNCoN
"Cincinnati, Aug. 25.-Edward Atkin-
son, Esq, Boston, Mass. Dear Sir:
have received your letter of the 18th
inst, and beg to tell you that 1 would not.
even for the nomination to congress, sup
port those guilty OF criminal aggression
against this government Gas you are gull
ty). Your intimation that you may be
able to have my name taken off the list
of the members of the next congress- be-
! cause decline to receive your treason
! able documents is already evidence of
your monumental gall and egotism. You
will succeed in your effort about as well
as you did in getting your criminal liter
ature in the hands of Aguinaldo and his
followers. You knew what you We're do
ing when you tried to get this trash into
the rebels hands. Your purpose was to
give the rebels encouragement to en-
barrass 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. Not precinct of Ohio
will elect you or one of your kind as q
delegate to the convention to nomina te
a director for the county poor house.
The citizens of this district are loyal.
patriotic people, and ! am sure they are
not in sympathy with those who are do
ing all they can to embarrass President
Mckinley and the government in the eff
fort to restore order and suppress the
! rebellion in the Philippines. When that is
accomplished it will be time to determine
what form of government shall be estab-
lished in those islands. Our people ap-
plaud 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 whenever it is as
sailed at any sacrifice, it will be carried
to the triumphant peace" That is the
kind of talk our people like here. For
fear that you will forget it, let me sug-
geSt that you make memorandum that
the domination for congress in the first
Ohio district will be in September 19OO
1t will be necessary for you to commence
your work a little before that time-the
earlier the better, for / am assured that
your friend Aguinaldo will cease to exist
as a military chieftain long before that
time. Very respectfully,
wv. b. SHATTUCK, NJ. c."