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morning for $50. As no one knew him, he ‘was unable to cash it and came to me, asking me to indorse it. I did so, and the owner of the restau- rant where I was known gave Teigen the money. “That night we had a League meet- ing and Teigen offered to come with me. He offered to speak and I ac- cepted the offer, as Teigen is a good speaker. There,-with $50 of the money " of Jackson county taxpayers in his pockets, he made a rattling good League speech. The next day he went to Jackson and testified against. Mr. Townley.” tivities, there is absolutely no doubt that Teigen was paid by Patterson. A facsimile of one of the letters is re- produced here. another: - ment and Secret Purposes.” The ‘ MAKES APPOINTMENT ’ TO MEET NICHOLAS . As for the financing of Teigen’s ac- Here is the text of May 14th, 1918. Mr. C. Patterson, City. Dear Sir: I am enclosing here- with a proof eopy of preface and body of the book—“The Nonpar- tisan League, Its Origin, Develop- second page, bearing the title and having the border around it; is a sample of the type and style of page to be used. The latter part of this has been changed and is different from what was previous- ly read to you. I wish to call v your special attention to the ma- terial in Gal. 11, on which,is marked’ in ink, “From here,” as I wish to get your criticisms of it in its present form. /% Relative to the suggestion made by yourself as to some comment - being made by the League as to its veto of the terminal elevator bill, that would open up a field for discussion, and it is immaterial, in my judgment, in establishing the fact that the. League is, first, a Socialist institution by philos- (?phy :_md personnel; second, that its program . is socialistic; third, that it is an autocracy; . fourth, that in its relationship to the people and to the nation it constitutes and serves as an instrumentality of aid and comfort to tlfe enemy at this time and in this erisis. There- fore I have left that out. Tl\_e Minnesota Safety commission should be " willing to buy and pay for 100,000 copies of this book, if the written statements of its chairman and the utterances of its members in interviews and speeches represents thé - atti- tude of that body towards the Nonpartisan league. Therefore, I believe a concerted effort should be made to put the deal over, if it shall be attempted at all. Before attempting it, I shall want your acquiescence in the matter, as I do not want to work at cross purposes with anybody and particularly so with you. To that _end I am having a copy of the book- let made by hand and will be in a. position to present the proposition in the morning to the proper au- thorities. : . ‘I have made an appointment with Mr. Nicholas in Jackson coun- ty to meet him Thursday morning ofs this week for the purpose of talking over and arranging for a campaign of raising funds amongst _the merchants and business men of that section of the state. Now in - the magazine that has been issued under the name of “On the Square,” I find provision made for contribu- tions to “On the Square Association of National Americans” for the pur- pose of carrying on a campaign of propaganda relative to the Nonpar- tisan league. Now it would be manifestly unwise to solicit funds . for two separate different institu- tions for the same purpose. There- fore, it seems to me that a method of raising and disbursing funds that has the sanction and co-operation of ’ A BID FOR FUNDS Where Teigen got the money for 1publication of his book on the Nonpartisan league is conclusively shown in the above letter to “Dear Mr. Patterson.” Yet Teigen swore on the stand that he was not paid a penny for writing the book. finance an effort that from the inception might constitute a “house divided against -itself.” I took this matter up with Mr. J. H. Sko- grand of the Farmers and Merchants’ bank at Montevideo and with C. H. Justice, shoe . dealer - there, and Dr. Randolph Arnold, and they assured me that the banks and merchants of Montevideo would stand behind our effort and lend it every assistance within their power, because in their county and community it has reached a stage where the farmers look askance at the merchants. - They are animated with the idea that their local banks and the business men are trying to Perpetuate what they conceive to be a diabolical’scheme of graft because they (fhe merchants) refuse to acqui- esce in the Townley program. This has re- sulted in a material loss of business to them, a_ rupture of long standing good will and is caus- ing a great deal of unpleasantness. As an illustration of how intense the feel- ing is—In my father’s community there are a number of men who believe in his integrity and honesty and refute and deny the charge made by others that he has sold out to big A HURRY CALL | - pewa county as to the gubernatorial - TEIGEN IS CAUTIOUS business because he damns the au- tocratic methods of Townley. This - has resulted in the breaking up of friendly relations between neigh--. bors who have been friends for 30 years and has manifested itself in violent quarrels and fist fights. I made a careful sounding of Chip- situation and I am sorry to state that outside of the business men, Lindbergh has the solid support of the electors of that county. IN MEETING PATTERSON For obvious reasons it is not weil} in my opinion, to frequent your of- fice too much. Therefore I am send- ing this down with a girl and if you can arrange to see me so that we can arrange and decide upon a cam- paign, today or this evening, call me up at the office. I am having a complete record made of all expenditures and re- ceipts made to date, and as sqon as I have it finished I will appreciate it if you will have somebody repre- senting you, or yourself, make an audit of the books, so that you will be in.a position to know that the funds that have been advanced are not being frittered away inten- tionally in a foolish manner. I wish to thank you not only for the check that I received the other - day, but also for the confidence - which you repose in me, and I want ‘* to assure you that my efforts shall be such as to attempt to merit the same. Here is another letter, full of the ‘usual falsehoods, from Mr. Teigen to C. W. Gordon," ; one of Patterson’s crowd: - _ May 27, 1918. Mr. C. W. Gordon, Pres., Gordon, Ferguson & Co., St. Paul, Minn. Dear Sir: Pursuant to your request relative to a presentation of the actions in the past, and the intentions for the future, of A. C. Townley, presi- dent of the National Nonpartisan.league, permit me to suggest that to ascertain the facts pertinent thereto, the following be given close and careful scrutiny: i First—The early life and training of Mr. Townley culminating in the organization of the Nonpartisan league in the spring of 1915. . Second—A perusal of the testimany given.before the referee in bankruptcy at Bismarck, N. D. Third—A transcript of the evidence given before the Minnesota Public Safety commission in Og- tober, 1917. Fourth—A transcript of the evidence given by the military affairs committee of the United States senate, Washington, D. C., in the month of May, 1918. - Fifth—The Nonpartisan Leader containing a transcript of a speech delivered . at Grand Forks and Fargo in the month of June, 1917. Sixth—Booklet published by the Nonpartisan league on “Aims, Meth- ods and Purposes of the Nonpartisan League.” Seventh—The testimony given be- fore the Minnesota Public Safety com- mission, Hon. A. C. Ames presiding, by F. A. Teigen, in November, 1917. Eighth—House bill No. 44, intro- duced in the 1917 session of the North Dakota legislature. Ninth—The labor situation in the Twin Cities and the. attempts of Mr. Townley to join organized labor with the League for political pelf. Tenth—The effect of local strikes in various communities. . Eleventh—The union of the Social- nominees for state offices, ley’s position on the war, aiming to secure support in strong German com- munities and likewise in communities where patriotic sentiments prevail. Trusting this is the information you desire, I am, Very trul}: yours, all concerned should be determined Mr. Teigen seemed to have a penchant for making friends with county attor- BRI o upon. I am calling your attention to this bec_ause I do not desire to neys and using them as agents in the sale of his book. Here is a tele- "~ gram from Albert R. Allen, Martin county attorney, to Teigen. PAGE FIVE tics in Mr. Townley’s trial at Jackson! Twelfth—The sophistry of Town- And-still they say there was no poli- T R ists of Minneapolis with the League g