The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-17


had information that Quigley was
getting tired Of the Nonpartisan
league work and was willing to work
for the opposition. Quigley encour-
aged him in his, belief. Brown said
that the opposition to the League had
been adopting entirely wrong tactics.
He said that the farmers ought to de
educated against the League before
League organizers were able to see
the farmers, because, after organizers
had seem the farmers, the opposition
could make no progress. He said
that the only way to stop the League
was by some kind Of campaign that
would prejudice the farmers against
the League before the League organ.
izers could get around.
"QuigIey led Brown to believe that
he fell in with this idea and was
willing to be used in the deal. While
Quigley was in the office, Brown tel
ephoned to E. j. Carpenter, brother
of E.. H. Carpenter. E. J. Carpenter
was out of town but an appointment
was made for Mr.. Quigley to meet
F. Fl. Carpenter.
"Quigley met F. H. Carpenter in
his office in the Mcknight building,
Minneapolis. Carpenter said that for
some time he and other republican
leaders and other persons and inter-
ests opposed to the League had been
seeking for some means of breaking
up the Organization, or stopping it's
further growth. He said that the
America First association of Mime
sofa had been started originally for
the purpose of being used to fight the
League, but that that object of the
Association was not being accomp-
lished-in fact, had fallen fiat.
For the Dear Old G. o. p.
"After talking with Quigley, and
being assured, he thought, that, Quig
ley would furnish, for money, such af-
fidavits and other matter as the op-
position wanted, Carpenter called up
some Of the other persons while
Quigley was in the office. Quigley
did not catch their names but was
told by Carpenter that they were rep
resentatives of the steel and grain in
terests of Minnesota.
"The following evening, Quigley,
under instructions from Carpenter,
met Carpenter and Ed. Smith, when
further details Of the plan to buy
Quigley's services were discussed.
Quigley says that Smith was an at
tentive listener during the conference
but had little to say.
\; syarpenter, however, explained that
he and his associates would take up
the fight on the League, using Quig-
ley as lever, not in the interests Of
big business but in the interests of
the republican party. Carpenter said
that he was not acting for business
interests in Minnesota but that he
was anxious to discredit the League
and stop its further growth so that
the republican party of Minnesota
could be preserved.
"He said that the Nonpartisan
leaugue had swallowed the re-
publican party in North Dakota
and that they did not want any
thing like that to happen in
Minnesota. He said that there
might be lot of money in it
for Quigley, because he would
take, the matter up with the ma
tional republican party and the
national committee of the repub-
lican party might become inter-
]. ested."
Quigley then returned to Nebras-
ka, but was again summoned to Min
neapolis. The statement goes on to
tell Of various conferences at which
Hunter, Carpenter, Bacon and jun
kin were present at which the details
Of a pamphlet containing Quigley's
confession" were discussed. The
parties, it was said, was long time in
agreeing upon method of conceal
ing the, source Of revenue and making
it appear that the pamphlets to be
printed were sef-sustaining.
Quigley, as matter Of fact, wrote
a series Of articles repeating most OF
the stock charges which have been
made against League organizers.
These seemed to satisfy his employ
Eers and he collected various sums Of
money for his expenses. Finally
within the last few days, matters
came to head where Quigley saw
himself to be forced to revealing the
truth and he concocted a wild tale
which resulted, he says, in Carpen-
ter's taking q hurried trip east to gain
q momentous piece Of evidence
which Quigley had led him to believe
he could obtain. Then Quigley went
baclfIto Nebraska and the league Of
fees made public his story.
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