The sun., 1903-06-20
"pATERS0N'S GRAND OLD MAN"
.4T,ssD DEAN MNILTI KEEPS tP
= HIS wan On CICE.
was Not Knock cd DOwnby SaiO0nkeeper
on Thursday--H There Was Any Str'k'
Z Ing Done. Vie StrWk the Other Wan.

was Not Knock cd DOwnby = SalOOnkeeper
on Thursday--H There Was Any Strik'
Z Ing Done. 'ie S,rVk the Other Man.
Dean McNulty of ST. John Is Church Of
Paterson was dspleased yesterday that
-, nm,o,r had been made of his visit TO
alleier's saloon. opposite the court house
in that city, on Thursday evening.
, "Iy WIZ, . very simple matter said he.
!TrRcc' sa1otonEeoper did not strike me, az
vas reported # there was any striking
done al all it was | who struck him. |
ihfnk, in fart. did strike him back when
Tie attempted TO lar my progress. He and
both were a little heated, have no doubt.
tn:rhe .rnf'lp slipped and fell to the floor.
There were some Young r,en drinking IN
Tho place and called to hem that wanted
xhcr, TO boar witness but they fled
went to Allger's bccallsc about O'Clock
in the evening a boy came to my house
with = alota which informed me that women
asore in The place drinking.
Il have been there frequently of late.
tTlie women drink with men IN the little
.cubby hole ~ the back part of tn" saloon.
Il e. Sherr and drive them away tell them
TO ee1.l9s.r and they generally 60 Tha,
h @hat was going to do on Thursday
night / entered the front door and was
staIiing back t" the rear room to drive
the vumen away when Angcrs barred
nv passage
Daau McNnlty il easily the most popular
;'rrsn ~ Pat erson, He has had charge OF
st J6hn's Church for nearly forty years
"st6' ii over 70 years Of age himself. but
= 6 erect, alert. quick Of mot on and Of eye
.rss a snauor 7n For vice, for lnc lean lness
r,f living. for evil of all kinds. he has a
bc.r raJ that s n a. il llprNeOt.
Ms.. .For years he has waged an 'lrceasing
Mar on saloons that arc disrrpufable and
upon al! drinking places which poor men
With rent to pny and families to support
." frequent.
He descea,ls upon them like whirlwind.
sr1ftering the laafers and the soakers al
the bar like ch1b before him. They never
know when lie is eoming, hut they always
~hfass.s faced ldn' indeed that can stand up
+ aud face the fury Of his scorn There is
acorthing quality in his words Of rebuke
-rth1tis scar. the souls of delinquents. There
. j. n9Ietdwd ~ rough and no resort 50 tough
athatlh he fears 10 descend upon it.
T. Ant. with all this his generosity and the
purity OF .hts life and his aims are so we'll
known thar his personal popularity is un-
, bounded 1t has Jared i'll with every saloon
Skesper. .who. has offered him insolence.
him eight or nine years ago. II cost him
s5oo and the loss Of many customers All
.- that Dean McN,ilty would say as to the
effect Of Allgiers resistance wa. that he
But once " "A while Father McNulty gets
tseuBthing like discreet laugh at his
, expense. Shanghai Lawler figured in one of
these instances Shanghai who @ Is nearly sL as
hai Because nature supplied him with q pair
Of logs suggestive of stilts. was gifted in his
younger days with thirst. But he fore.
swiore the how now and then and on one OF
A. AynN
=" Yer riverencc," said Shanghai. "wud
Nf like to know where some av yer parish
inera do be dhrinkin' and carousn' at this
very minue?'
.".::.-Showthem to me. once, replied the dean
wRh warlke gleam in his eye just
Ehow hem to me.
THAR / will" said Shanghai eagerly.
s.Is'i come along wild me Nanst."
Shanghai led the way to a certain saloon,
whers, spre enough five or six Of the deans
foaming glasses of beer just drawn stretched
out in an inviting row before them; The !
dean came crashing IN on them before |
they had an inkng that he was in the
rear, Az the first glance at the deans
wrathful face the bacchanaians went in
a wild stampede out the back door with
The the srFImr . his bloc blood noT fsyg up
clear and there before him was the beauti-
ful row of foaming glasses of beer.
The way tho, Shanghai got those beers
into his internal economy one after another
made . record which Paterson never has
eqhalled from that day to this. When
the dean. got back from his chase the beer
and Shanghai had both vanished.
at il part of priests duty said Dean
!. NcSulty yesterday. ito keep his flock from
: Wasting their time and their money. in
! salodeaes " han their families are suffering
; and the rent.to pay. They 60 on drinking.
and there is misery at home. and then
I sisters Of charity have TO 90 around begging
3 for hospitals, in which these scoundrels
: ard When I Ind men idfIing there Who
) should be.at work rehuke them. Mothers
! Saud guardians and relatives write ia mo
Ftha their young Girls are going to saloons
!, AND drinking: it is dreadful. drive
: them away. them and other women, too,
J whe,,sver hear Of them IN saloons
: here Thursday night and when | stood in
:, l'is way and asked him what he wanted
Z he -,rHck ne hack with his hand. When
!, he struck me he skipped and fell and that
: is all there was to il. He comes here fire.
(, queltJy and asks my customers why they
: don't g9tp 4 decent place and drink. What
xrf- r g6fttS~ S~t6 do about IT,"
q (Aaaadien to hs vigorous work in his
iopsFsh.- Father McN,,lty has built eight
, 81 nine churches in Paterson and in nearby
places in New Jersey. People ia Paterson,
Irrespective of creed. are his warm friends
and admirers. @Pa'erson's Grand Old
Man" is what they call him.
-a.T- lse,ln Talks to Eas, Side Club.
f,trutv Police Commissioner Gherardi
f)a,.i. md Dopu,y tSs;stan, n;strc, A.,