The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-23
DEAN GETS $4,000
FATHER M'NULTY. OF PAT
ERSON, HONORED BY ALL.
Pastors and Pensioners of Every De-
nomination Attended Last Night the
Presentation to "Grand Old Man

regardless of race or creed, turned out
last night in large numbers to witness
the presentation of $3.50 0 to the Very
Rev. Dean McNulty, Paterson's "Grand
Old Man.
1t was the deans golden jubilee, OF
fiftieth anniversary in the priesthood.
and his parishioners as we'll as those
of the other Catholic parishes had been
working ever since his departure fol
Ireland, the place of his birth and or
dination, in the ummer to make the
occasion memorable by raising the
above sum as a gift to their beloved
priest and friend. 1t is to be used to
defray the cost of erecting a home for
boys. The. presentation took place in
Entire Nous Hall.
The presentation was made after one
of the greatest public demonstrations
ever held in this city. AT z o'clock
the various societies connected with st.
Johns Church, of which the dear is
pastor, started to gather in their re-
spective meeting places, and 7:45, aug
mented by hundreds of persons of vari-
ous denominations and creeds. and
headed by Robinson's Fifth Regiment
band, the procession wended it's way to
st. Johns parish house to escort the
dean to the place of presentation.
The sidewalks on both sides of the
street leading from the parish house to
the hall were crowded with hundreds,
and from the time that the dean stepped
from his home to the street his progress
xvoc rEnH nv a N 11rnfion cQIHnt1 oi van
TO any man.
General Joseph w. Congdon made the
opening address, and in a splendid
speech he told of the good that the dean
had done for this city and the people
in it. The presentation speech was
made by William G. Gourley, who sur
passed himself in his lauding of the
dean.
AS the dean arose to accept the
$25, 900 check which was handed to him
by William Stafford. chairman of the
jubilee fund committee, the entire au-
dience broke INTO cheers and this was
taken up by the crowd outside and
lasted for several minutes. The dear
was entirely overcome by the grand
reception that was given him and il
a broken voice he thanked the people
for the testimonial of regard with
which he was presented.
The dean will celebrate his Jubilee
on Sunday, at 1880 o'clock IL
st. Johns Church, and all OF
the high d%ignitaries of the Catholic
Church in this State will be present, il
addition to hundreds of pastors ant
priests who have been able to entel
the priesthood through the deans gen
crosby. On Monday evening the Entr'
Nous Club, of which the dean is spirit
ual director and which under his guild
ance has become the leading Catholi'
club of the State, will tender him
banquet.
The dean is one of the creates
temperance advocates in America AM
has done more for a closed Sunda.
than the entire Paterson police force
He is feared by all, and the deans en-
trance into a saloon on a Sunday wa
the signal for a wild scramble for free
dom. Saloon-keepers never questipne'
the deans word in court when charge
with selling liquor on Sunday, bu
simply pleaded guilty and paid thei
fines.
Only once in the forty-three year
that he has been in Paterson was h
assaulted, and that resulted in TIL
wrecking of the saloon where he wa
struck and would have resulted in tn
lynching of the man who struck hir
had not the dean interviewed.