Los Angeles herald., 1906-11-26
PRESIDENT HOWE
OODGES ISSUE
TAKES TEXT FROM SUNDAY
HERALD
Calls His Accusers Misguided and
Several Other Things, but
Fails to State Why
and How

Brother" Arthur S. Howe, president
of the California State Spiritualists'
association, tried to clear himself be-
fore the local Truth Seekers society
last night of the charges made
against him by another brother" p.
A. Jensen, in The Herald of Sunday,
Noverber Is. Brother" Howe did
did some of the most clever side-step-
ping ever seen in this city. His bril-
liant work of last night qualities him
to open a school for political candi-
dates; for truly, no campaign orator
ever avoided an issue more gracefully
than did this presidential exponent of
spiritualism.
The meeting opened with a piano
and violin duet, fearfully and wonder
fully performed First the pianist was
ahead, then the violinist, and then
both of them were in the lead At
times the one would slow up while the
other made time. Then their respec-
tive positions would be reversed. At
times-shades of Orpheus-the violin
squeaked.
But at length the speaker took the
floor. 1t was plain to be seen that his
logic was on par with the violinist's S
technique. Brother Howe had a
copy of The Herald in his pocket and
from it he read the text Of his sermon
for the evening.
Pities DeIuded Ones
He began his address by expressing
pity for such misguided people as Mr..
Jensen, who cannot see the light as it
really is, but must view 1t only from
their own deluded eyes. He assured
his hearers that 1t was not with any
personal sense of bitterness that he ap-
peared before them, but only because
the erring brother had attacked the
entire state board in his sweeping con-
demnations. Incidentally, the speaker
insinuated that the wandering one had
been guilty of every sin in the calendar
except horse stealing. Sarcasm in
plenty was heaped-presumably by
spirit forces-on the head of the alb
sent brother who had so far strayed
from the true path as to question the
probity of the president. The state
ments made in the article were broad
ly designated as Misrepresentation
"in many cases." the speaker was sor-
ry to confess, Seemingly, knowingly
and maliciously false" The writer
was declared in thinly yelled terms to
be a recreant knight and traitor to
the cause.
Hard Names for Reporters
But it was when he came to the re-
lIldl IH0 DellcNOlCllI OC-
came the most eloquent. These hum
BILE and faithful seekers after Truth
as she hides from the eyes of men were
characterized as "the worst squad of
pest-hunters that ever cursed spirit
ualism."
AS The Herald reporters have never
interfered with legitimate spiritualism
Mr.. Howe seems to have included HIM
self in the class who have been get
ting theirs"
Speaking further of the leaders in the
expose movement, Brother" Howe
styles them as "a horde of self-appoint-
ed Diogenes who stick lanterns in dark
places to show the public where to 60"
The principle of exposing the charla-
tans he believed to be wrong. TT
simply gives these people a lot of free
advertising, if indeed, it. is free, and
not simply a clever way Of getting
them before the public"
Imagine what the takers who have
been exposed think of this sort of "ad-
vertising." A few minutes conversa-
tien with one of them would do won
ders in proving to Mr.. Howe that they
did not appreciate such means of
gaining publicity.
Throughout the course of his lee
ture Mr.. Howe took occasion to pass
many huge oratorical bouquets at that
great. and good man, Arthur S. Howe.
He told the assembled multitude of
seventy-five people that of the 100 dele