The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-07-23
S N tors W., SuoS nd Ohew-A Few
Snuff Takes.

WASHINGTON, June 12.-1 was sur
prised one day in the White House to
see Senator Edmunds take out a pack
age of fine cut chewing tobacco aud
put a good-sized quid in his mouth.
thought that must be due to the order
said to have been issued by the Presi-
dent prohibiting smoking in the White
House. But upon inquiry | found that
the report about such an order having
been issaed was fiction. Smoking
goes on in the White House the same
as ever. 1t was due to the force OF
habit that MIR. Edmunds took out his
tobacco pouch, as he is an inveterate
chewer. On inquiry l found that OF
the seventy, y,siX Senators fourteen chew
tobacco and fifty eight use it In one
form or another, while of the 325 mem
bers of the House ONLY few abstain
wholly from tobacco. Over half the
Southern members both smoke and
chew. In the Senate those who chew
tobacc are Beck, Call, Edmunds, Fair
George, Harris, Hearst, Jcres, of
Florida, Logan, Mcpherson, Morrill,,
Salisbury, Vance, VOORHEES,, Whit
horne and Wilson, of Maryland. Near
ly all of them smoke also. Mr.. Wilson
uses snuff, as does ''the patriarch"
Brown, of Georgia. Captain Bassett,
the venerable doorkeeper, is an expert
on the question of snuff, and he pur-
chases il in quantities and furnishes it
to those Senators who use it.
Senators Morrill, and Mcpherson do
not chew tobacco except in the foIm OF
cigars that is, they cut up cigars for
the purpose, and one cigar serves
either OF them for several days. Mr..
Harris takes his in the form of plug
from which he can be seen in the
Senate occasional y biting off 'chew.'
Mr.. Vest was formerly confirmed
smoker and chewer, but after a severe
illness and on advice of physician he
is said to have abandoned the use of
tobacco. The other Senators who do
not use tobacco in any form are AID
rich, Blair, Colquitt, Dawes, Dolph,
Hoar, Jones, of Nevada; Mcmillan,
Miller, Mitchell, of Oregon Pike Plum
Teller, Van Wyck and Payne. Mr..
ingalls, smokes on rare occasions. Mr..
Hale, after the exhllaration of good
dinner, INDUCES in cig gar. Mr.. Cullom
once III a while at q dinner party or
some other social gathering, smokes
cigar, and then complains for several
days of the bad effect Mr.. Hoar form
erly used tobacco, but he has abandon
ed the habit. Mr.. Blair puts tobacco,
liquors of all kinds and all other things
behind him Mr.. Eustis has the dis
tinction OF being the only member of
the Senate who smokes cigarettes. AS
he spends much of his time III the
cloak room smoking, he must consume
many cigarettes in the course of day.
Mr.. Cockrell confines his smoking to
his own house, where with a clay pipe
with a bamboo stem two feet long he
apparently takes great comfort. Mr..
Evarts only smokes after dinner. AS
he eats only two meals day, never
taking any luncheon at the Capitol, he
does not smoke there. Though Mr..
Evarts only eats twice a day, and
is physically the most slender member
of the Senate, he has the reputation OF
having a good appetite. A story il
told of his attending public dinner
with the dyspeptic Mr. Hewitt, whe re-
marked after scanning the bill of fare
81 don't see anything on the menu that
| can eat" to which remark Mr.. Evarti
replied II don't see anything on tn,
menu that cant eat. - Cor, of NJ y
Tribune.