The Nonpartisan Leader Newspaper, August 26, 1918, Page 10

g appointment with “the gentle- . some notorious apologists of T - power trust wants. He at- Exposed From the Inside’—Oh, Pshaw! How Quigley Foiled a Plot Similar to Maxwell’s—Third Article in the Series, ‘“Spies, Traitors and the Kept Press” E. QUIGLEY, a League organ- izer and speaker assigned to the Nebraska state headquar- ters of the organization, re- ceived several mysterious tele- phone calls during October and November, 1917. Somebody de- sired to make an appointment with Quigley “for a gentleman in Minneapolis.” At first the mysterious person who called Quigley up refused to give his name, but as Quigley paid little attention to the matter the mysterious person finally divulged his identity. He was a more or less prominent lawyer of Lin- coln, Neb. He told Quigley at last that he was merely acting on behalf of Minneapolis persons, who desired to arrange a conference with Quigley in the Mill City. This started a train of events of a thrilling char- acter and resulted finally in Quigley making public the details of one of the most interesting schemes to wreck the League that the opposition had to date framed. Quigley’s statement disclosed the names of a dozen of the most prominent big business men and gang press editors in Minnesota and North Dakota, who, according to Quigley, were in on the plan “to expose the League from the inside” * through the betrayal of the organization by Quigley, who was to get a handsome price. ENTER FIRST, LAWYER BROWN The League opposition at this time had in mind exactly what they later accomplished in the case of Maxwell—the playing up of purchased state- ments of a League employe, for the purpose of giving seem- ing authority to the charges against the League and its - officers. At that time one of the chief charges against the League, long since abandoned by the opposition, was that the League was financed by German money. Quigley was supposed to furnish “informa- tion,” among other.things, that would prove the League had German backing. The ending of the wild goose chase to dis- cover German money in the League was most remarkable, ridiculous and dramatic, to say the least. : Needless to say, the Quigley “exposure of the League from the inside,” which was to be an 80-day wonder in the hired big business press, was turned into an “exposure from the inside of the League oppo- sition.” Also, strange to say, the “exposure” did not appear in the gang newspapers. But it did appear in the Nonpar- tisan Leader! Quigley decided to make the WE RiMm To PLEASE THE, PUBLIC N OUR OWN SWEEYT wAY) USPackers EC man at Minneapolis.” He agreed to call on Rome G. Brown, the man the Lincoln lawyer wanted him to see. Now Mr. Brown is a very eminent gentleman. He is a corpora- tion lawyer who specializes in legal work for the big water- power interests.. He is the man United States senators consult with when they want to find out what the water- tempted not long ago, with big business, to organize a secret = society 'known as the “National ' Citizens’ Union.” This ~ astonishing organization ~2"BE IT FURTHER RE copy forwarded to President Wilson, one to Nonpartisan Leader.® = - - "ARTHUR WELLS, S W. C. OSTENBERG, o Commiftee on Resolutions, was to be a lodge to oppose all people’s democratic or reform movements. Mr. Brown formerly was chairman of the committee of the American Bar association formed to oppose laws providing for the recall of judges when the people got dissatis- fied with them. NEXT CAME MILLIONAIRE CARPENTER Quigley saw Brown in his office and was closely questioned on what he thought about the League and how he stood on the matter. According to Quigley’s account, Brown said that the opposition to the League had been along wrong lines—that the only way to block the movement was to “reach the farmers first,” for if a League representative talked to the farmers before the farmers could be “educated” against the movement, the farmers would join and nothing could influence them against the League afterwards. Quigley says he strung Brown along, letting him think he was in a mood to sell out, betray the | TIME TO STOP THEIR CAMOUFLAGE l WHEREAS, knowing that powerful interests are launching a vicious .propaganda through the press and otherwise aiming to destroy the market of natural butter and sub- stitute oleomargarine for a large part of the butter consumed in the United States, and : WHEREAS, the destruction of the market for dairy products wonld force more than - tion, and here is where the 4,500,000 dairy farmers out of the dairy business, thus eliminating dairy products whic constitute about one-fifth of the food supply of the nation. / THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by Pomona Grange No. 22, of Okanogan county, - Wash,, in regular session, that we request government control of the packers and other manufacturers, and the ‘distribution of all dairy food products. or dairy food substitutes - for use in the United States, thus eliminating all unfair or unjust competition between the large trusts. and the small farm various kinds of foods, W. T, BEALS,»Pémqna, ‘Master. is ) P. A. LARSON, 'Sgcretla_ry Pro-Tem. - dope about German mone League and help in any plans to break up or dis- credit the organization. Through Brown, Quigley was put in touch with F. H. Carpenter of Minneapolis. Now Carpenter is also a very eminent gentleman. He is a mil- lionaire. He has huge timber interests and he has been boss of the Republican party of Minne- sota. During the recent primary campaign Mil- lionaire Carpenter was president of the “Lincoln club,” which fought the League candidates and sent out free copies of Jerry Bacon’s anti-farmer pamphlets. Carpenter was quite frank, according to Quigley. He admitted that he and some other choice spirits had long been seeking a means to cripple or break up the movement of the organ- ized farmers. He said, according to Quigley, that the “America First” association of Minnesota had originally been intended to put the League out of business, but had failed. Something else had to to be done. 5 Carpenter became convinced, Quigley.says, that the League man would furnish for money. such affidavits and other things as were needed in this new attempt of the opposition. Needless to go into all the details of the men Quigley saw and the conferences they had together. Sufficient to say that during the time the League stunt the following persons besides Brown and Carpenter were brought into the confer- ences, according to Quigley: " THEN ALL THE OLD GANG CAME IN Ed Smith, Tpolitical boss; Rudolph Lee, leading country editor of Minnesota fighting the League; our old standby, Jerry Bacon of Grand Forks; Tom Parker Junkin, formerly Bacon’s editor, later head of the big business publicity bu- reau at St. Paul, and generally Um-)l Here was the deal that Quigley agreed to, in order to lead on- the opposition to the League: Quigley was to be put: on a salary of $200 a month. A letter signed by Carpenter making this agreement with Quigley is now in possession of the League. In addition, Quigley at various times was given large sums of money for “expenses” and “services,” - pending arrangements for the “"regular monthly salary. Quig- ley was to have charge of a “pamphlet - publishing com- pany” and was to write and compile pamphlets against the League. This company was not to be known as an anti- League institution. To con- ceal its purposes it was to is- sue pamphlets on many sub- jects “of interest,” on the high cost of living and other things. - But this was to be a blind. penned by Quigley. In addi- - funny part comes in, Quigley s was to furnish “information” sition to fasten on the League the taint of “German money.” They hoped even to procure ers. that now prevails 'in the production and distribution of the arrest and prosecution of =~ ; Slrs . League officers on this “count.” = . SOLVED, that these resolutions be spread upon the minutes, a = = Well, Quigley did everything 3 the Agricultural Grange News, and one to the - * cept furnish the “pecessary’ There was nothingof that kind opposition was framing up this known as “Tom Barker Bunk- - It really was to exist to issue _ anti-League matter, especially “exposures from _the inside” that ‘would enable the oppo-: to satisfy the men who thought = ; “.. they were employing him, ex- ' )