Bisbee daily review., 1911-08-18
RECTOR BITTER
 AGAINST SMITH
Episcopal Clergyman Who Criticised AstOr Says His Bishop Is of the Smart
 Set Himself
TELLS OF PERSECUTION


 Rev Dr. George Chalmers Richmond of St. Johns Protestant Episcopal church of Philadelphia, answering tue repudiation Of his Astor wedding ser mons by the head of the Episcopal ian church of his own diocese. Bish- op Maekey-Smith. makes a character tically hot retort upon his superior
 He says the bishop himself Is a member Of the smart set. luxuriates in large income. has some of his closest friendships among the idle rich, maintains palatial residences in town and country, and is or has been pronouncedly fond of the material pleasures of life.
 Tt is only to be expected then that he would be aghast when turn ed the list on the aristocracy, when l let out straight from the shoulder and roughly iOstled the banquet board declared Rev. Dr. Richmond yesterday.
 Rounded By His Superior.
 Moreover" he continued. from the minute l showed mental independence and progressiveness in the conduct of my parish my name has been written down largest in Bishop Mackey- smiths black book It is only the fair truth tell you, when I say that he has done his best to hound me out of his diocese. when l say that l continue to hold my rectorate and the confidence and indcrsement of my yestry, in spite of a campaign that he has waged against me for more than year and a hals.
 He has sent to me personally a series of letters astounding in their insulting character-remarkab pro- tests from a bishops pen in their extravaganee of yilificaion. He has falsely declared of me that I am a iunatic and the nephew of a lunatic.
 Tn all there are twelve or thirteen of these letters.
 T have seriously contemplated bringing an action for S50000 for slander against the bishop. In any event l shall seek satisfaction and vindication through the church itself, through an ecclesiastical court, a court of bishops
 What has so far held me back is pity for Bishop Mackey-Smith. He is a physically broken man. l wish I could believe that his illness was the sole cause of his extraordinary and rank bitterness against me It would make conditions easier to bear.
 Following are extracts from the letters Dr. Richmond says he has re. ceived from Bishop Mackey- Smith:
 T find another childish. kindergar- ten post card from you, in which, like a naughty little boy who has igst been punished, you make a face at me, not daring to do more.
 T make allowances for yes in this matter because l remember that you are the nephew of the person who, when ! was a boy, was known as Crazy Richmond because he made himself a scandal in every communi- ty he ever entered
 This feeling that you are not quite right in the upper story is now gen. orally believed by the clergy Of Phil adelphia."
 The only reason ] let you of to- morrow is to avoid the horrible scan. dal which would ensue as soon as the church learned your career"
 T hate to see Yale men come to what you are"
 Because of your horrible vanity as well as your rage for self-advertis- ing and the fact that you seem 10 hate every one and are utterly in- subordinate on general principles, you have flung your whole life away and are condemned to third-rate ueless- ness
 1 Your vestry may stand by you for the present, but your next outbreak of fiendish temper may alienate every ! one of them"
 Believe me, you might become . { decent, respectable. useful fellow"