Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1884-12-10
C0NGRESSNAE EaEVyEET AND KAI.
SE1sI,S DOG.
The Yelping Nuisance Causes the Con.
grcssnlan sleepIess Nights.
KAISER REFUSES TO ABATE THE DOG" WHAT ARE
DOGS FOR But TO BARK ?"-wHAT KAISER, MRS.
KAISER AND KAISER, JR., HAVE TO SAY.

Hon. 4. S. Hewitt, OF New York is going to make
an effort TO get Some legislation by Congress to
aoate the nuisance OF dogs barking at night In this
CITY, He is great sufferer from insomnia, getting
very little sleep when here during the session OF
congress- and he attributes it to the fact that NO
matter where he takes up his quarters he finds
that some near neighbor has either a dog to howl
and bark all night through, rooster to pipe his
clarion notes during the small hours OF the morn
llg MI. Hewitt Is man OF remarkable nervous
energy, and his mind active that he can never
sleep s0undly, consequently is awake to every
sound during the night His tireleSS activity Is
often source OF wonder to his associates on the
ways and means committee OF the House. He is an
authority on most all subjects, and shoulders a
great burden OF the work. One day last session
there was peculiar knotty question before the
committee. and. after discussing IL for long Jime
they concluded that il would take at least q week i,
good hard thinking before they could get the mat
ter In shape 10 report 10 the House; so they ad-
1ourned To meet at the expiration Of that time.
The next morning Mr.. Hewitt brought In a written
statement OF the case, which was so perfect
and comprehensive that without any more ado,
the committee adopted it as their report When
his aSj0nlahed associates asked him how he man.
aged 10 accomplish such a tremendous task In such
short time, he said: ''The dogs would not let me
sleep, so Sat up and wrote"
He used TO occupy quarters at Wormley's annex
but forced 20 move from there by the ROSTERS
whose Growing kept him awake Now he occupies
fat at the Everett, Oh Ii street, 18Th, but he
is not free from his enemies yet. There Is large
New FOundland dog at kaiSerS bakery, lust around
the corner, on 18Th street. which he says never
stops barking at any time during the night, and
towards morning his Sleep-disturblng efforts are
seconded by a rooster next door that never gets
tired OF welcoming the returning day. He has
made frequent appeals to Air Kaiser to kill the dog
or send him Tor board into the country but he re-
fused TO part with his dog, and wanted 10 know
what dogs were made for IL not TO bark The
policeman on the beat was then set upon the noisy
canine, but with no better result Then Mr..
Hewitt sent a complaint TO the District CoInmls-
sioneri, but they replied that IL was beyond their
power TO protect him. Finally he has concluded 10
try and get an amendment put on 10 District L.
cenSe bill now in the Senate District committee,
which VIII require that dog which is complained
OF as annoying 10 neighbor shall be removed or
Killed.
az never saw such a city," said Mr.. Hewitt.
speaking OF the matter to STAR reporter. "It is
uncivil1Zed. There is another city OF any pre-
tensions In the Union that they will allow TO be
converted into dog kennel In New York, II CON-
plant is made. the dog is at once put out OF the
way. Everywhere else they think more OF their
robs me OF more than half my sleep. Yes, far more
than hall. get scarcely any sleep In Washington.
asked Mr. Kaiser to put stop to the nuisance,
but he said IL was his dog and could bark all he
wanted TO, and tOld the policeman to go TO b.
II is terrible nuisance"
WHAT KAISER SAYS
''Oh, Mr.. Hewitt and the dog" exclaimed MI
Kaiser, in broken English, when questioned by
THE STAR man. 4" The dog don't bark. He's my
deg. he don't bark unless something's the matter
The next thing. folks will he crying Kaiser, don't
you want ter puy dog?' All ire dogs in the neigh
DeiuS poiooAcu SitA C NcS
The Brazilian minister had six poisoned last WIN
ter, and lost two but this one won't eat poison.
The dogs! the dogs! They can't live In the neigh
borhood for him. My dog protects my property. II
Mr.. Hewitt VIII hire me a private watchman he
shan't be bothered with the dog"
"Why don't he work hard and go to sleep like
honest folks?" asked Kaiser, junior "Then dogs
won't disturb him. You might shoot of cannon In
my ears and l would not wake. Nonsense. Nom
sense. Why don't he go to Sleep?"
'-He was thinking or his sins may-pe," suggested
Mrs K, who seemed to think tt was impossible for
anything else 10 keep man awake.
"Can'J you compromise the natter" suggested
THE STAR.
mo, no. keep my dog" was the reply.
Mr.. Hewitt aS stated above, suffers so much
from insomnia that he gets practically no sleep
while In this city. In New York he says he sleeps
we'll enough, and occasionally he has to go there to
get nights rest.