New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1888-08-15
Mr.. Carlisle CheWs Gum,
Speaker Carlyle chews gum.

Speaker Carl vie cheWs gum.
He keeps q little package Of t1ttii.
frutti on his desk when he is presid-
ing over the House. For a number
OF years he has been an inveterate
tobacco cheWer. The chewing of this
weed to such an extent involves an
amount of expect ration that might
be inconvenient to the pages and
officers of the House who sit around
below him. For this reason Mr..
Carlisle rerains from the use of to-
bacco while occupying the chair.
He has got to be almost as invete-
rate chewer Of delicately favored
elastic paste. Gum-chewing and
chewing of caraniels is becoming all
most as common among statesmen
as with school girls aud debutantes
in Washingt ton society. II
On one side of the main door Of
the House in the corridor is a little
stand where newspapers, cigars, to-
bacco, gum and candy are sold in
small quantities. AT any moment
during the session from one to half a
dozen members may be seen about
this stand, stufing little paper pack
ages in their coat-tail pockets. I
asked the yender boy what it was
members bought SO much Of He
said~mostly gum and caramels.
Members neither smoke nor chew to-
bacco as much as formerly.
Mr.. Kelly and Mr.. Buchanan are
largely responsible for this tobacco
reform. By constant and open pro-
test Mr.. Kelley has madesit very en-
barrassing for a felloW-1nember to
undertake the task of vitiating the
atmosphere of the House with tobac-
co smoke; and Mr.. Buchanan checked
by a formal resolution, which was
afterWard considered and reported
on by a committee, the habit, once
very common, Of splitting in the air
ducts that open up through the
floor.
Comparatively few cigars are now
sold to members at the Capitol stands,
and many members have aband
the habit of chewing tobacco. The
vender told me that he used to sell
more tobacco than anything else.
Now it hardly pays to keep it on
hand. Instead oft he sells about
one hundred and fifty sticks of gum
and ten pounds of caramels to the
! members Of the House each day.
Tom Reed, the Republican leader,
cheWs gum-When he is not chewing,
at the ear of the Democratic party.
he sits and works his jaw upon this
elastic cushion while listening to Mr..
Mills or Mr.. breckenridge. When he
gets up to reply, he stuffs the gum in
in the back part Of his jaw with his
tongue, and draws gall from it's sweet
ened flavor.
Mr.. Springer has broken himself of
the habit Of talking all the time by
! keeping piece of gum in his mouth.
An effort is being made, in a reformar
tory way, to induce Mr.. Buchanan
and Mr.. Taulbee to chew gum. 1t
has worked well upon others besides
Mr.. Springer.
Mr.. Cox is said to chew a little now
but his silence is always regretted.
Mr.. Johnson Of Indiana, soothes
his nerves by the use Of tutti-frutti.
He has had about three attacks of
nervous excitement over the bloody
shirt since he contracted the gum
chewing habit.
Mr.. Bliss is said to have contracted.
the habit from constant association
with the young ladies of w ashington.
He cheWs about as much as any man
in the House. Senator Hoar cheWs
gum and occasionally reads a light
romance. Next to Mr.. Reed and Mr..
Bliss, Tarsney of Michigan, is the
greatest gum cheWer in the House.
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