Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-26
Moses Hull and Clark Braden
Inclined to Impeach Each
Others Character
BRADEN OFFERS TO PROVE
Rev. Nathaniel Pye Explains Why He
Chose 2Braden as His Advocate and
Gives sraden Endorsement of Noted
Methodist Divlnes-Time to Quit
Other Local News.

There now seems little prospect of n
debate on Splritualism between Moses
Hull and the advocate selected by Rev.
N. Pye, for the situation has resolved
itself into series of charges and coun-
ter charges preferred by each against
the character of the other. Rev. N.
Pye has In his possession q letter from
Clark Braden, In which that gentle-
man prefers six specific charges of
gross immoral conduct and authorship
of a free-love book against Moses Hull
and offers to prove the charges before
q board of three arbiters. of whom Hull
shall select one possessing public con-
fidence. Rev. N. Pye shall select the
other. and these two to select a third.
He also offers to disprove before such
a committee the charges against him
self.
In these repeated replies as to who
side-stepped and who didn't the T.-R.
Is already looking Tor Il way to end the
controversy, as the disputants seem to
have lost sight of the main contention.
u discussion of Spiritualism. Rev. Ma
thaniel Pye makes the following reply.
clearing up several disputed points
which ought to end the controversy
unless n debate Is actually to be held:
Rev. Nathaniel Pye's Reply.
"Marshalltown, Iowa, Feb. 26, 1904.
Messrs. Vail and Andrews-Denr Sirs.
Yours in reply to acceptance OF chal-
lenge received. Your attempt to in.
volve ME In n dishonorable reason for
selecting Clark Braden is foiled by the
fact that my acceptance was in the
T.-R. office on Monday at l:45 p. m.
Further. the letter OF Mr.. Braden.
bearing the postmark of Feb. II. OUT
lining the course to pursue. was read
to most of the ministers prior to last
Sunday.
II wish to apologize to the Spiritual
lists for saying 1t took them several
days to find out that II was my ridi-
Guile that angered them. for the T.-R.
states that the reply was in that office
several days. You ask, why select
Braden? Did impudence ever go fur
Their than for the challenging party to
ask the challenged why they selected
their lawyer ] will tell you why. Be-
cause Mr.. Brnden knows Spiritism
thoroughly and Mr.. Hull especially
You again ask. why should /, a Metho-
dist. select Clark Bradep. a Christian
minister? Because this Is fight not
OF Methodism against Spi,.tualism. but
OF believers in the Bible against COM
mon foe. You say Mr.. Braden has
spent a lifetime fighting orthodoxy, and
especially Methodism. Hardly. A good
share of the time has been spent In
chasing Mr.. Hull and fighting Spirit
ism.
"Mr. Hull requires that endorse Mr.
Braden as n gentleman. did that
when ! nominated him to represent me-
/ not only endorse him as an honora-
Bile gentleman. but Rev. F. H Lemon.
OF the Christian church. will. DR.. ]. B.
Albrook will and Bishop c. c. McCabe
will
.You stated in your challenge that
Mr.. Hull can not be. under any cir
cumstances, dragged into making at
lacks upon the personnel or the relig-
ior, OF the clergy and yet MS soon ms
we name our CldiuPiob Oa ssNN',N. 100.
as dishonorable and insist that only
OF, condition that he sign statement
mat he IL a common liar viii Mr.. Hull
debate with him. That might not un-
at him for debate from the Spiritual
lists standpoint, but it would from
ours.
..Now In short: You challenged ris.
we, as the challenged. selected our
own lawyer, and II is none OF your AZ
fair so long as we endorse him. AS the
challenged we have a right to the Sc
lection of the propositions and rules.
we have SO done. Will you accept OF
them? II not, we are willing to submit
them to a committee Of lawyers. You
viii find in the T.-R. statement OF
the manner in which Mr.. Braden will
efYectuaily dispose of the ISLANDERS you
have published about him. Respect