The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-05-15
PLAGUE OF DOOLEY.O OLEY.OO.
TWILL BE JOHNNI-GET-IOLR r.
GUN on WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
If the Board OF Health Doesn't Prohibit
the Mighty Tammany Row Over Doc.
ley-Slcep Has Fled and the Resi-.
dents Are Looking for Pistol Permits.


In the gray OF yesterday morning the
dwellers on Washington Heights put their
heads out of their windows and consulted
together.
is the last one gomez" asked the tired
father of six.
1T lasted longer than the Blaine parade,
said another Now I must dress and go to
work"
when did you get any sleep last'' in
quired third
Il had a little Sunday afternoon" was
the answer.
THE Protective Association must save
us, said a determined mother
lis it hard to get into the home for deaf
and dumb" asked wild-eyed man. point
ing to that institution near by.
rush of light rose over the Harlem
River. Morning began to paint the Hud-
son. And Washington Heights broke the
pitiless day.
Through all the night the warning Tam
many factions of the Twenty-thrd district
had romped the streets, telling in song
the plores and the misdeeds of their leaders.
1t is the particular misfortune of the people
OF the Heights chat the pretender to the
regency of Tom McAvoy, the exPolice
Inspector, is named Dooley. J. j. Dooey.
Bv any other name he'd sound far sweeter
to the residents of that picturesque part
of upper New York
1t was hardly to be expected that the
followers of Mr.. Dooley would let their
cause 90 on without the aid of the song
which Peter Finley Dunno made possible
and Tom Scabrooke sang to exhaustion.
Every argument for DC Obey has been turned
into o verse by his friends. Every reason
why McAvoy should be turned out has been
cast into a verse of Dooloy song. And the
! McAvoy men, They've reversed ii all in
words set to the same music, and from
shutdown to s,inup it + Mr.. Dooiey for Wash.
ington Heights. The endurance of the
big percentage Of people who don't care
whether its Dooley or McAvoy has been
tried and is broken.
A few weeks ago the j. II, O'Connell
Association met and passed resolutions
that Dooley was the man for them. On
Wednesday night the McAvoy people got
the association together again for the pur-
meeting brok" up in row and both sides
went forth and sang Mr.. Dooley from one
end Of the district To tho other until the last
tired sleeper had spent his every curse.
Were going TO get all the barrel organ
men in town and keep them here till the
fight is over, announced one OF the Dooley
men.
That threat spread through the flathouses
OF the Heights. 80,
Here, iantor. take the key. I'll send
for nv furniture some time" cried one
man with an armful Of sleepless babes, as
he hurried toward mother-in-law ano
Jersey.
my wife and | alternate in sleeping
| downtown" said one man. u stay here anc
guard the dog and the fat one night ano
she takes the next night" he explained
sin that way we get some rest every Other
night ~ .uaa o. 49,,
pistol permits" declared a man who wat
| Circulating a petition for an emergency
meeting OF the Washington Heights Pro-
! tective Association.
A resolution adopting Fob tn Lode
Sake. Let me Sleep" as the official hymn
| OF the Heights. win 60 through with a rush
| ri the Protective Association meeting.
Most OF the complaining residents arr