Waterbury Democrat., 1900-11-05
SOME SOLID FACTS.
The Rev Father Curtin Spoke Plainly to His People Yesterday.

to His People Yesterday.
 At the 9 o'cloc service at St Francis
 Naviers church yesterday morning the Rev Father Curtin preached an interesting sermon on the gospel of
 the day, which, in brief. reads: "Ren- der to Caesar the things that are Caesars and to God the things that are Gods" Father Curtin thought 1 that inasmuch as the reference 10 Caesar pertained to worldly affairs l that it was especially applicable to our own day and, time. when men are
 running from one place to another. en- deavoring to induce people to stultify
 themselves by casting their ballots on
 election day for certain candidates.
 whether they consider them quanhed
 to fill the offices they are looking Tor or not He wanted to know how law
 was to be maintained when those who are expected to prosecute law preak. CTS make themselves the associates or
 the lawless element and furnish unfor- tunates with funds to, secure hquor enough to keep the1ii stupid until after election. Who'll prosecute the
 drunks that will be taken in from now
 until after election?' asked the rever-
 end gentleman. ''Do you think the
 men who are responsible for thelr
 condition can afford to do it? No.
 And this has been going on in our own district for several weeks. ana
 has occasioned considerable comment
 public and private, written Np7ln the
 papers and made the subject or dls- cussion in all parts of the city, pr1nci-
 pally because no such work Is knoWh in, other districts. It is palnful TO those who desire to see this nelghpor- hood stand well in the community to hear men who come around here onl! at election time, some of them resi- dents of New Haven and other places, tell what they can do with little
 money in this district, the question
 most frequently asked being. "How are things on the Abrigador?" and
 the answer: "Oh. we've been up there; the Indians are with us." The reason
 there is more of that kind of work go- ing on in this district is because 1t is
 generally believed that there is lar
 ger scum vote here than in any other section of the city. They are met in l the saloons, where most of the evils
 we have to contend against originate. 1 Who are these people? They are the gutter snipes of this district, the
 clothes line thieves. the fellows who
 sit up nights and, enter your. chicken
 coops when you are asleep. the ones l who robbed this church and whose conduct in various other ways has
 been and is standing disgrace to the
 neighborhood" Father Curtin ad- I vised his people to be sober on cleo l ton day and to 'yotesaecording to the
 dictates of their own conscience. He | has preached a good many sermons since he came to Waterbury. but it is
 doubtful if he ever smoke to better ad-
 vantare than he did yesterday. His
 remarks were timely rnd many who
 do not fully agree with Father Cur
 tin on other public questions were
 lnnd in their prnisr aT his views unon
 this mattor and didn't seem to care who heard them.
 The subject of Father Curtin's ser mon, together with some of his words, 1 were the talk of the town yesterday and to-day and brought out this re 1oinder from one of our prominent re publicans: Father Curtin must not overlook the fact that the votes of the bum element count in proportion to their number as well as those of the silk stocking brigade. but of course they have to be sought In widely diff ferent places and by tactics peculiarly
 adapted to their class. The work of