A confidential letter (KA 237.13) addressed to the Central Committee of the Anti-Revolutionary Electoral Associations containing a defense with confidential information, communications, and declarations in connection with a reproach A.F. de Savornin Lohman (cf. 1895.03) had uttered publicly against Kuyper. De Savornin Lohman had contended that the way in which Kuyper conducted business as chair of the Central Committee made it impossible to work with him. Kuyper wrote this letter to the committee since it had to decide whether this accusation had any basis. He also composed it with an eye toward the plan for the Anti-Revolutionary program of action (see 1897.04) and the thirteenth meeting of deputies (see 1897.05). In the letter Kuyper recounts the facts and provides information about the problems, such as lack of collegiality and congeniality, that have troubled his interactions as chair of the Central Committee with De Savornin Lohman as member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party. He also delves into his feelings about the matter and outlines his vision for the future.

The break with De Savornin Lohman and his supporters became final as a consequence of the establishment of the Free Anti-Revolutionary Party in 1898. In 1903 the Free Anti-Revolutionary Party merged with the Christian Historical Electoral Federation. In 1908 it joined with the Frisian Christian Historical Federation and the name of the party was changed to the Christian-Historical Union.