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Show FRJ1I1CIS 11. Q11I1 w- ' FILE SUiLFOR LIBEL ' Bingham's Representative-Elect ao The State Legislature May File Libel Suit Against Otto Kappele For Circulating Scuril-Y Scuril-Y ous Circulars During The Recent CampaignMay Charge Criminal LibeL Francis W. Quinn, who was elected ,! ' on the Democratic ticket as a mem- V,JV ber of the next legislature, is being ' urged by friends here and elsewhere in the county to bring an action of criminal libel against Otto Kappele on' account of a circular of a most scandouo!s and acrimonious nature which was prepared and circulated just prior to the election. . , ' The circular preferred grave charges charg-es against Mr. Quinn and , was no doubt intended to do him serious damage in the election. It was cir-' ' culated at a number of voting places' In the county where Mr. Quinn was not. known to all the people, and caused quite a little trouble. The Democrats here and throughout through-out the county are enraged to say the least over the appearance of the - . circular. Mr. Quinn is one of the '- best cleanest and squarest men in the state, and that he will bring his " assailant into the courts to answer the charge, seems practically certain, The -people here say that Otto ' . Kappele has a mania for writing un clean Ncirculr.rs and attacking the clmr- acters of good people in Bingham, , . just for the amusement of the rabble. ' A They say that this Is the eleventh ' ' time that he has sallied forth to an-. an-. sail a Bingham individual. He started the game they say many years agp ' ... when he dug Into Billy Myers . be- " ' cause Myers would not lat - Otto be . . a a. mil.. ai -, Itninil nn4 ,- . his tailor, but Billy retaliated and I . carved Otto with a cutlaa and he - j quit the attack on th&t man Next I v ' they say that be was a' rank 8cial- i'S lh' lst the Ume the town "Al -,utTa' 1 I w tionr-was In the hands of.tha party; I ' thai be fell ouf with the i Thiers be- I v ; cause another tailor was shown some I f favor over him, and for thle he roast- I ed Anton ChristenBen and B. G. Locke to beat the band, and Jumped over into in-to the Republican party. That ia what they say. They also say that ' when he became interested in pig raising that he also became very de-L de-L sirous of gathering swill and then he M wanted the garbage job at Copper-- Copper-- A field and when he failed to get it he took the hide off Ed Byrnes. (Later on he wanted the garbage job in Bingham they say and he failed to get it Then with his pen steeped in vitriol and besmirched with slime he delivered attack after attack on the head of that administration, and then climbed into the Democratic party and, secured a good fat appointive appoint-ive Job under the (Democratic administration admin-istration which is said to be worth about $15 a day. The fellows say tha Kappele was a delegate to the convention which nominated Mr. Quinn and that he did not vote against him there, but that Mr. Quinn secured the solid vote from the tenth precinct They are wonder: ing why that beneficiary of the party would launch such an unwarranted at- ! . , tack on a candidate of the party and they are anxious to see the matter brought into court. iMr. Quinn and all Democrats are inflamed over the matter. Wednesday Mr. Quinn received the following letter let-ter together with the slanderous clr- B cular which was widely circulated in Midvale; ' - ii. Midvale, Utah. Nw-' l November 5, 1918. candidates, IMr. Cjuinn was one of their btrongeet supporters, ' in many Instance the perronai spokesman.. Mayor Straup. -' In 1916 Mr. Quinn was elected a member of the Jordan District School Board; tinhorn gamblers and rounders round-ers were hiB lieutenants during the election. Twenty-eight prostitutes and approximately one hundred and fifty gamblers and underworld rats were brought into the school house to vote by his henchmen. During the months of January and February, 19J6, a committee of Salt 'Lake men sent a special investigator to Bingham in order to learn who were the men most responsible for the misrule and corruption here. After Af-ter this man had spent about three weeks here and had gotten the con-fldnce con-fldnce of some of the dive keepers and underworld financiers, his comment com-ment ran thus: "You have the rot-tenest rot-tenest town here I ever visited. Your mayor Is the smoothest gambler in camp and your chief of police . and town clerk own two of the hardest dives In the place." It had long been Known that S. S. Jones, the chief of police, owned the Copper King resort; also that F. W. Quinn owned the Butte saloon, although al-though it could not be proven in court, for perjury has long been the most popular indoor sport in Bingham. And understand, dear reader, the Butte Baloon Is in existence today and enjoys the reputation of selling more bootleg whiskey than any other four blind pigs in town. Mr. Quinn enjoys the distinction of being the first politician in the state to bring the harlot and the felon into j I Mr. Francis W. Quinn, I Bingham, Utah. I Dear Mr. Quinn: Permit me to mall v you the enclosed arraignment of your- self, which has been freely distributed distribut-ed here today, purporting to be what your accuser thinks or rather what he would have others think of you. 1 got a hold of a few of the scandalous scan-dalous leaflets and destroyed them, I but there is enough evidence (at any I -' " v rate to put this miserable fellow . . . where he belongs, I hope. In the y' ryM .. first place I believe he is liable un- 1 ''"I' 1 der the corrupt practices act upon ' the statute books, and second, such a man ought not to enjoy any privileges privi-leges afforded in any public service - capacity. You may of course do as you please t, in this matter. I merely call It to ; your attention. ' i, - With best wishes for your success ; I am sincerely yours, iNIHLS UND. A CREATURE OF THE STRAUP SYSTEM )The name Francis W. Quinn of , Bingham, is upon the Democratic tick-w tick-w 1 et as a member of the State (Legislature. (Legisla-ture. I sincerely believe it is the pur- . , pose of the Democratic men and wo- " men to support only men whose char- acter is above reproach, and whose I . evervdav life is free from corruption, j I w'll therefore give my readers a truthful description of Mr. Quinn in ftinghfitn politics. ; Vjln 19.15, during the Bingham City Section, when the notorious Straup ystem was at Its height, when the henchmen of the Utah Copper Company Com-pany combined with Uie denizens of the underworld against respectable f - : . ' the school room to vote. Among his class this is an achievement to be proud of. Mr. Quinn was city recorder for, and most ardent supporter of, the notorious no-torious Dr. Straup and his associates ' when the town of Bingham was undergoing un-dergoing a siege of lawlessness and crime such as never before existed in the state. Mr. Quinn does not represent the respectable Democrats of Bingham. Without the aid of gamblers, bootleggers bootleg-gers and prostitutes he could not be elected to any position, no matter how Insignificant He has ror years been the most pliant tool of the (Straup system and is not considered a (Democrat but a Utah Copper Republican. Bingham Canyon, Oct 29, 1918. OTTO KAPPMjE. With reference to the above groundless ground-less charges the friends of Mr. .Quinn point out that when he was elected school trustee that he received a majority ma-jority in every voting district in the pracinct with one exception, and also that he had as an opponent one of the most popular men in the camp. As to how certain classes of the people peo-ple voted no one knew. To say . the least 'Mr. Quinn is doubtless the most popular man in Bingham, and he Is one in whom the people have Implicit faith as an honorable and upright up-right citizen and they deplore the fact that a Democratic office holder has uttered such a slander against hlra. Among' those who are urging Mr. Quinn to take legal action might be mentioned, 'A, J. Weber who was elected a member of the supreme court this week. |