Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1862-07-18
Gum Chewera' Convention.
Reported Expressly for the Morning LEADER
FIRsT DAY.

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Chapin's Hall, is the place Of meeting. The
reasons for adopting that hall arc numerous;
Il Is within easy walk Of Newburg II is
mostly in doors It has never been away from
homo to any considerable extent; it is easily
entered by means Of doors and lastly, it
could be obtained rent free, as the members
Of the Convention slip in one by ono under
the pretenoO Of playing game Of billiards.
Over tho prOscenium Is the following inscrip-
ton done in gum % II you are cumming
Why don't you gum along" At ten o'clock
the Convention proceeded to organize. Mr..
Gabedtseho was unanimously elected Pres-
dent, and Mr. CharIiko Secretary. The Pre-
sident on taking the chair thanked the Con
vontisn In a brief speech, full of FIRE and pa
thos, for comforting upon him the extreme
honor Of presiding over them, Said he,
+" for what, gentlemen, have we met here to-
day % (As tho speaker paused a moment on
the inquiry, the regular movement of several
dozen pairs Of jaws, and the peculiar gummy
sound which attended it, seemed to give
him most fitting response.) We have met
here, gentlemen and fellow-citizens og Guy
ahoga county, at time when the palladium
Of our national liberties is being shaken
from its zenith, and the glorious Aag of our
country, that has heretofore been waited on
the gentle breeEes of prosperity alone, is be-
ing torn and whipped into unavailable carpet
rags by the Simeon Of treason and the Jo-
siahrOoeo Of a eauseless, wicked and fratri-
eidal rebellion. We have met, gentlemen of
this Convention and citizens Of Cuyahoga
and adjacent tcOunties-( VOice-"As We have
met, suppose we proceed to business.'') Fix
ing his piercing eye upon the voice, and
raising both arms alOft in the air, the Presi-
dent drew himself up to his full majestic
height, and in a tone that went through the
Convention like an electric shock, and then
turned around and went through again, he
thundered-"Any on ye got spare piece
of gum ?" Several members spared him
piece, and he proceeded. ''Citizens and gen
tlemen of the city Of Cleveland and accred-
tied members of this Convention, will tell
you what I consider this country to be terri
bly, lacking init is Jaw. We have Guilt
vsted brains, cultivated muscle, cultivated
cheek, but we, gentlemen Ofthis Convention,
have the proud consciousness of knowing
and it is a consciousness that will remain with
US from the cotton crowned hills Of Maine to
the pine growing lagOons of Florida, from the
gilded bluffs of the Atlantic to the deep sea-
soundings Of the Pacific, and be handed down
to our grandfathers and our grandfathers'
grandfathers, that we, gentlemen of this
convention and landed Proprietors from
abroad, are the pioneers in oultivating Jaw"
| Tremendous applause of the Convention,
consisting Of violent jaw wagging, during
which some of the elderly members shed
about stocking full Of false teeth.l The
President took fresh hunk Of gum and con
tinued: Gum, gentlemen of this or any
other convention-(c (chaw, chaW, ehaw)
gum, I say (chaw, chaw, chaw, ehaw)--
gum" - Mr.. Klarquarn arose and sug
gested that the remarks of the President
would be more ineligible if he would take
had been doing some double-fsted chewing
during the speech of the President, and by
using up a box GOO pieces) of vapor gum had
succeeded in curing himself Of clergyman s
sore throat and chronic cOrns, arose and
moved to amend by laying the Presidents s
gum on the table. Motion carried. The
gum was laid on a billiard table, and was af-
terWards used in game Of three ball carOms,
without the mistake being discovered.
The President continuing his remarks, al
luded to the singular absence of claw u
which has marked the deliberations of Con-
gress for twenty years past, and urged that
gum was the material for the more perfect
development Of that excellent quality in oul
happy but thoroughly distracted country
His entire remarks met the appreciation o.
the Convention, who exhibited it in the uni
ted crunching of a new box of gum just re-
oeived from Putnam & Cockerill.
Mr.. Pattogan, who had done nothing bu
chew since the proceedings opened, moved
that the Convention take a recess of on,
hour " to ehaw some gum" Motion lost
Mr Clarquarn, with two horse lumbe
wagon voice, struck up the favOrite ode 0
the Gum Chswers-
"Oh gum to the old gum tree" &C.,
= in which the Convention joined.
Messrs. Joel and salatbiel presented ere
, dentials as delegates from the SOphmor
Glass, Oberlin College, and were presente
with seats and chunks of vapOr."
The Secretary read communication jus
received from the Newburg Plank Road Co
D inviting the Convention to take their climb
ing irons and go cumming up the CuyahO
ga. Communication received and Ordere
printed.
Mr.. Biharis presented the convention wit
a new variety Of gum which he desired thel
to test. If his testimony was worth anythin
i he could say that he had tried it for weel
II past with the most satisfactory results. Viii
the delegates were diligently testing it the
>, were Mortified by the sudden exclamation
one of their number, Mr.. Schmidtdodd-
! 90 Shoemaker 'Oar, By jiiB'miHetiy i'' The
was disposition to wax it to Mr.. Bihari
;, but be protested that he was innocent Of al
intention to vietimize the convention
short it was none Of his Wax-wOrk. He o
tanned it of one Davprize, who had gone
Il England for tho avOwed purpose Of exhibitii
his patent gum at the Worlds Fair. Acti'
in the matter was deferred until the return
IN Mr.. Davprize.
n The convention was SO completely demo
of allied by the above occurrence that mott
ly to adjourn to the following day was carri
h. unanimously. Convention closed by singh
1l. " Gum Tree Canoe" An essay will be re
.ss o. A.. h, The President NJ Gnheftsche