Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-03-19

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Il Gvscrsl Grants use Of tobacco was
excessiSe, there ere very many men ID
sermjng vigorous health and Of very
active habits who must regard them.
seIscs Is very mtcmpcratc users Of the
stimuisnt. Among public men II Is The
exception 10 find one who does moi
nse tobacco in one form or another,
sometimes in two ways, and al
usst all Of them firmly believe that
tebacco does not hurt them. Judge
Kellvy's case has been cited as one
where cancer was caused by the Excess
sive use Of tobacco, but he told the
writer that the cancerous affection OF
she cheek from which he suffered was
doe TO the habit be had Of going to
sIeep with guid Of tobacco tucked into
bis cheek and resting his head on that
side. Judge Kelley, now seventy years
ed, smoked and used the best fine cut
immodera,cly for fifty years, but he has
abandoned the habit.
vice-President Colfax for many years
smoked ten or fifteen very strong cigars
every day. lie was suddenly attacked
~ serious vertigo while Vice-Presi-
dent, and he attributed il 10 the narcotic
poison. He at once stopped smoking ;
vet viee-p President Wilson, who never
used tobacco, was stricken almost pre-
sisely ms Mr. Colfsx was. The late
Senator Carpenter frequently smoked
twc boxes Of cigars week.
Ex-Presideut Arthur smokes less
than formerly, lighting his cigar now
seldom before dinner. but when in the
late night hours he was busted with
work his companion was a cigar, some
times three OF four. DR.. Hammond Is
reported TO have once said that gene
rally three or four cigars after dinner
harmed few men of average cOnstitu-
ton. and Mr.. Arthur thought they did
him good. At all events, all Of his
messages TO Congress were written I'M
der the gentle stimulus of fra
grant Havana. Most Of Mr.. Ar
thurs Cabinet officers were good
smokers. Mr.. Frelinghuysen did not
use tobacco, though the Assistant Sec
rotary Of State, Mr.. Davis, liked good
cigars and plenty Of them. Tobacco
was the only thing that ever made Sec
rotary Chandler turn pale. Ii was a
rank poison TO him, and though he tried
many years ago to overcome the evil eff
fects, as became a good politician, yet
be never could. But General Gresham
was q great smoker. He smoked on the
public streets, at his work, and wherever
he could. Secretary Teller liked
cigar that would last long time and
was not very strong. Secretary Lin
coin smokes a good many pretty stiff
cigars every day, and Accomplishment
Brewster liked one with body to it.
General Sherman is a pretty constant
smoker, and he smokes, as he does
everything else, with nervous haste, so
that the cigar is more than half chewed
up. General Sheridan likes a good
black Reina after each meal, with one
or two thrown in between whites.
Vice President Hendricks likes q
cigar. but dearly loves the sweet De-
troit fine cut, which he buys in bulk.
Perhaps Senator Frye is the most per-
sistent smoker of the senator's. If
there be long session in the Senate,
he will leave his seat several times in
the course Of it and retire to the cloak
room for smoke. In his committee
room and other places Of unrestraint
he frequently lights one cigar at
the stub of another. Poker Jack
Bowen, from Colorado, smokes con-
stantly, and when he can't smoke he has
q paper Of iine-cut at hand. The two
New Hampshire senator's, Blair and
Pike, do not use tobacco. nor do Sena-
tors Dawes and Hoar. The new Sena-
tor Chace, of Rhode Island, does not
smoke, but Mr.. Edmunds smokes few
choice cigars day, and now and then
rolls little pill of navy plug under his
tongue. BON Senator'S Hawley and
Plat, Of Connecticut, are constant !
smokers, General Hawiey not dis !
dainiDg good old-fashioned chew. |
II is hardly possible for any ,
one to smoke more, bigger, or
or stronger cigars than the living skele-
ton called Malone does. and his col |
league, Riddleberger, is all almost con-
slant smoker. All of the southern sena-
tors, except German and Joe Brown,
use tobacco, and most Of them use il in
two ways. Jones of Florida is not
particular about the flavor Of his cigars,
and it is q standing joke among senator's
when they get poor cigar to send il to
him. He smokes it as happily as though
it cost dollar. Jones of Nevada, on
the other hand, will smoke none
but the best, and he makes away
with ten or twelve every day. Beck,
aside from few strong cigars day.
likes to titillate his nostrils with pinch
Of snuff now and then, but he does not
do II so publicly as Senator Thurman
did. Young Senator Kenna is a great
smoker, and John Logan pufs tiercely
at big black cigars. John Sherman
smokes little cigars, light colorcd.
and has them made specially for
him. Ben. Harrison likes pipe in
his Office, but is more often seen
on the street with cigar than without
one. Senator Conger likes to smoke
three cigars day. Senator Allison
would rather smoke a good cigar and
bluff out king full than TO dine at the
most epicurean table. David Davis
was q great smoker. Senator Conkhng
practically gave up the habit some
years ago, but he occasionally cuts a
cigar in two and chews the cut ends.
Dorsey has been for years a constant
smoker from the time he arose till he
retired.
Mr.. Randall does not use tobacco at
all, but Speaker Carlisle would be
frantic il he had to go long without q
qaid. He does not smoke. Holman
chews constantly, but does not smoke.
Sunset Cox does not use tobacco, nor
does A. s. Hewitt, nsr Governor Ding
ley; but there are very few members
in the House who do not smoke or
chew, very many practicing both habits.