The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-11-29
The Foullke Campaign.

We acknowledge somewhat tardily tho
receipt OF letter from Mr.. GEORGE FALK
ENsTEIN. President of the German The
osophical Society OF Philadelphia, asking
The Sun to assist MIR. HENRY Ii. FoULKE to
enforce his claims and pretensions as the
successor on earth OF Madame BLAvArsKY.
Our apology for delay must be found in the
fact that for several months past Mahatma
politics have been crowded out OF our col
umns by press Of other matter.
Nevertheless. the FoULKE campaign
seems to have COMO on merrily and vigor-
ously under the shadow Of the great Presi-
dental canvass OF 1892. Mr.. FALKENsTE1N
is undoubtedly entitled to be known as tho
WILLIAM COLLINS WHITNEY of the FoULKE
movement. except that he has no talent rs
Fool Killer. and could not. indeed. per-
form the functions of Fool Killer without
serious disaster to his own cause. He
writes that Mr.. FoULKE intends to push
his fully authenticated claims to the
BLAvATsKY successorship for all they are
WORTH" and concerning the policy and
methods OF the anti-FoULKE faction. led as
We understand by the Hon. WILLIAM @.
JUDGE. he promises in the near future rev.
Citations that will wake the snakes
The situation In Mahatma politics Is q
trifle bewildering to anybody not an adept.
and we are not quite sure that We can state
1t correctly. When the eminent Col. OLcoTT
relinquishcd his pretensions. on account OF
falling health. Mr.. JUDGE was elected or
claimed to be elected as President OF the
Thcosophical Society. Then Col OLcorT.
who Is in bombay. got better and rcconsid-
irn hn W.
Q. JUDGE gracefully stepped aside for the
veteran OLcoTT. but considers himself as
In line for the high post whenever OLCoTT
shall have gone to meet BLAvATsKY.
FouLKE contests tho claims OF OLcorr and
Of JUDGE alike.
Now both factions. FouLKE-FALKENsTEIN
and OLCOTr-JUDGE. claim to hold certin-
Gates OF election and leadership. issued by
the mysterious Mahatma Returning Board
from the darkest back chamber of the In
known. But the FOULKE party assert that
the JUDGE-OLCOTT credentials are forged
and fraudulent. procured by election meth
DDS and astral tricks which would make
even JOHN !. DAVENPORT shudder. We
have before us circular dated Oct 81,
signed by FALKENsTEIN and countersigned
by HENRY Is. FOULKE as Successor to
Madame BLAvATsKY." in which the Hon.
MIR. JUDGE is directly charged with
skill In tho manufacture OF bogus
Mahatma communications" and par
ticularly with having fabricated an oc-
cult message conveying the alleged
decision OF the Mahatma Returning Board
that Col. OLcoTT shall continue as Presi-
dent OF the Theosophists. 1.-The fraud ia
so apparent" says Mr.. FALKENsTEIN. 81
need hardly assure you that no Master, or
even Chela, wrote tho letter" Moreover.
not long ago a Mr.. j. X. PERRY testified
that no had received an astral message
favorable to FouLKE. signed by PYTHAG-
ORAs and countersigned with Madame BLA-
vATsKY's well-known initials. 1--WE cannot
precinitate letter" say PYTHAGoRAs and
the Madame. to those who at present
claim to hold the position in New York and
other lands. The precipitation power is
not theirs. II the PERRY precipitation is
solid. IL is n corker for OLcoTT and JUDGE.
There Is another side to the controversy,
however. The adhercnts of OLcoTr and
JUDGE are no less positive in denouncing as
forged and fraudulent the certificate of
election upon which FoULKE rests his
claims. They laugh at the idea that an ex-
real estate agent OF Philadelphia should be
chosen by the clear-sceing sages OF the
ghostly inner circle to carry on the work
which BLAvATsKY began. The FouLKE
canvass gets very little encouragement on
the other side ofthe Atlantic. Theosophists
so high In the mysterious organization as
Mrs. ANNIE BEsAST and the Countess