Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-09

T0g ooDYx8ss ACAD0mH.
8D. PoR-lNxRl.1uu1uua:
Rsv. Father Pssfootaine, ia Q Ietsss
10 tie Esss&s1 Hsrsas, mnhss certain
ajlegatso0o vAioh, With de- doioeoooe "a
she Yevurond fakhee's OGioo, ! cannot, In
jasfios 70 Dyoslf, ~ pass without CON-
mo0s; and, inAaOuoh - ha has seon a.
70 make ths st2tsmenas rsissrsd to pob-
liUly, hopo y0a Will permit n through
the oolnans of yeur pApor % make my
reply n them equally public.
He charges ms, IN the firss place, With
eoeking nSe0sissv tkrUuxh the columns
Of tAs Hersld. This deny pnius blank.
Father PrsfOusaiue himself provoked
tni1 dinOuosBsOn By gavnsg osrsain iDfOe-
nation - the Heutd, vhiok could not
help aesine wAs intended 40 re0sotion
On ny psrs0nal and professional char
actsr. and, Ut osurse, felt called upon
70 ctoaf myself Of sbs isDputasions hs
eAst upon me.
1Y. Mckay knows and asknovl-
edeos tAat the pfUvincial 0r head sister
~ hio authority fo9 drawing plans and
spooi6eatjons for the new Hisiers'
ACADEMY oays the reverend gentle
man. This i true, but Father Prefon-
taine b psrfeetly veil svase that b..
vhsehse he had the right 70 do % Or
nst, took upoo him n0s only to "sug-
Gogt OF adviss~ alterations and
a0eudations Of tbs plans, but actually
0eoeeod soeh - - made. speaking ~
ono having .sathossty. ara not - " ~
isrsqpoustbls party" His way OF
speaking Was always "we "a term in
which Is will take some considerable
koeon90 and not . little pr0fsssi0nal
oasuistsy 70 Hnd the elsmeut OF ire
spoRaibility. Besides, hs Was veil
aware thst, IN consequence Of his oQG.
aesetons and those Of the sistess, va
putting myself 70 . very considerable
amount 0f trvuble and not little ex-
pon0e Of time, for which trouble and
expense he could not, BY any ingenious
syssem Of excuse, hold himself ire
eponGible. II be chooses thus to tribe
with the time Of Q professional man
merely to indulge o Whim Of his own.
aud take upon him besides 70 MAKE
alterations In The authorised direetiOns
Of The one who was my alleged sole
+" authority" il 10 somewhat difficult for
an ordinary mind to see What biz ideas
ef honorable dealing - between man
and man are, and equally dif6cslt 20
understand where his irrespo0s,bility
comes In.
Besides this, will Father Prefontsins
oontinne 70 aaDD4t, In view Of the fact
that Il Was hs Who signed the contract,
that be was irresponsible IT he does,
Whatevef name be may have Tor his
statement, and By whatever eophemjsm
he may try 70 justify il, the bosinsss
world would charactsrizs il by % harsh
q term that am unwilling to u1e il Of
. man occupying the position he docs.
A. % his trying 10 make fun Of me In
he awkward and supe4lativelv silly way.
BY the aid VI italics, ! let Is go for what
Il = worth. The eentlsmanlinen Of his
elaborate badina9e 10 only Wetohed By
the pointleaDueas Of its vit. The eek
plantations" which be processes 70 give
II his lestsr are positively WORTHLESS, BE-
ing wanting in the one essential elol
msnt Of being explanatory Of anything.
His denial Of responsibility II not worth
The ink ussd in penning it, sincs By his
action toward me when ] Vas onkaRed
in making The plans, and especially By
his signing tbs contract and paying me
th1 responsibility in the most direct and
eoASAAO04oG8O W0ys - - ABOu sAAAtpOk UAAa0 ~
no whether he had that nutority Or
merely assumed it. The facts ara a.
have stated them. and the inference 81
clsar.
/ An quite aware under whose influ-
ence Father PSefontains ID aotinQ. and
] an quite oognixant Of the animus the
individual referred 70 has against me;
bat, strona in Tho eonseiousness Of my
own stsios honesty and upFiRhtness in
the whole matter, am oontsnt to defy
eu0h petty, malignant suite.
am aware, to0, that threats have
bean made and hints thrown o0t Of In.
dusnee being broaRht TO bear aQainst
me- u did not como down 70 the stal-
walton terms offered me for my work;
but in answer - those, have only 70
oAy thAs in this free country defy all
such attempts 1t boyoostin4 or bull
dosing, and shall be content to rely On
she ssnse Of justice which my American
fellOw-oitissns entertain. and wbioh Will
prompt them. at onos and Indignantly, ),
20 resist any form Of tyranny or op-
presei0n, whether Is be exercised by
king o. prisss. Rsspeotfully,
DONALD MACKAY.