The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-12-16
MIR. M'KINLEY STUCK TO ONE
BRAND FOURTEEN
YEARS
OLD DEALERS "REMINISCENCES
Matt Carpenter Spent 81 and SD n
Day, and Gen. Grant Did Not Care
About the Price So Long as
His Cigars Were Large.

thirty+six years he has presided over tho
destlnies of the little cigar store In the
r. street front of the Ebbitt house For
eight years before that he was in charge
OF the cigar stand in the old Willard ho-
tel, says the Washington Post
He could write an interesting book on
famous Men and the Cigars They Smok-
ed" Indeed, he has contemplated such a
work, but has never felt that he could
spare the time or undertake the lab r.
such an enterprise would involve He
takes pleasure In recounting to friends
and visitors incidents in his career be-
hlhd the cigar case, and has great fund
OF "reminiscences Of the men prominent in
the nation, who have dealt with him.
PRESIDENT Mckinley" he said while
he was member of congress, was one
Oh my best customers. He ALWAYS bought
enc brand of cigars, and bought them in
boxes of fifty. They had a Havana filler
ana Sumatra wrapper and cost him 81
hundred. He never took the box ont of
the store. 1t was always kept ON q shelf
BACK of The counter with his mama m tho
'oA. whenever he wanted any he would
e"iAe IN mere and get handful It was
sedefally just before leaving the hotel
eoIl thlnk he ever smoked in his room.
OUT OF Difference to his wife's objection
20 TIE smoke. He spent fourteen years in
foeeI ana 1tSure that he smoked
a 1eease Ally week. And he smoked the
same cigar when at Canton. 7 usad r.
SNIP rSem to him there in 500 lots. AT the
rate of fifty a week for fo,,r+oe,, 1t.o w
you can see it would amount to rs aIO a.
d COST OF $z,o4S After his election TO tha
presidency in 1886 [ sent him a nresent of
wv vi us faVorltes, and. received q very
siaceIuI letter of thanks. He has NOT
co0snt any CT me since he was first elect
Gu Gu ptPsfGent. [ don't suppose he has f.
10y cisafs- know that all the manujao.
go eiS OF cigars send him fine samntes of
tIe1i sooas' and he gets more in that Uav
could consume o vie Is
GHANI' HALLECK AND HOOKER
NJ, ~ pLopaply sold cigars to more famous
VIII u1tihS the eight years was at OH
six Yea ears fG beia than during the thirty
war t1meS, and in those day WilIord.s
was the headquarters for ali the arrn9 v
, e9l,ft lIiaVy men and the statesmen and
cigar o 20 Co. or the DAY I sold many a
h, S"1 ~ Gfaht, Who always picked o1f a
ois; pIack one without asking the nrfce
1 Gil stulfed q handful into his poeket
a M1[nI 2jdo CO.. them Gen. daleck
e'l -, hooker We're also heavy smokers
senator Matt Carpenter, of Wisconsin
was olee CT my best customers ais ~ I
40 W c's ai%ays 81 or 50 a day. His favorite
M1S q Dig twO-for-a-quarter cigar H.
Eet.Io frequently come in and saw: Wen
Chandlee, give me dollars worth NO. '
ing ri qie s on he always talked about stop
btiS3 SetiQ mat smoking injured him bu+
ne never cid stop. His monthly hill ofta.
amounted to S1G0. Nal ~ '0h
Gen. Robert Williams was another
good customer. He favored n ciear tho+
cost % cents straight He wo1Id con,e a.
mere on his way to the department any
ger dollars worth. Along in the AFTER
VI 0oli i worth more. His bill was az
ways S6q to $40 month.
Qr. Bliss, Garfelds physician was
S4cP another smoker as Carpenter onIv
G Ge Always wanted a 25-eent cigar Ike
carpenter, he complained of the effect 81
SSIaoKlng, and often threatened TO SfoT
' da iyeVff H oa ID, he got about $3.50 worth
S Sno" ms smoking is hurting nv heat
foolietlInes at night as L lie on bed | car
h I'M nay ~ Heart groa like the rusty
Aii'SeS on q barn door.
Judge Curtis ]. Hiilyer has smoked
t tl1 ot ana Tor tWenty-three years and
b maj is the record for the smoking of one
H. B5 ii:p SatterIee is a regular customer.
13Ie,i hkes Key West. He is not what YOU
" %r C gaIL 3 hard s1s smoker"
IN his business during the forty-four
years he has been engaged in it.
s+ad dGpacco chewing has been decreasing
use fine e c4t e1 tobscc he f5 said and the
almost entirely ceased Few dsaIn~c
keep 1t: twenty-five or thirty years $50
~ !, was one of the biggest features of my
y na age Cigarettes, when l was at vii.
ards We're not known Now they take
up up almost third of my space Few
Hh i've nSa cigars We're sold. The cheap
made Of cheap material and were hard Y
worth half their cheap price I sold
more twenty-five cent cigars in a month
thirty years ago than 1 sell in a whole
year now Now the five-eent cigar con-
stltutes the bulk of my trade.
AN HISTORIC INCIDENT.
Mr. Chandlee's memory of the historic
days when he was at WIZARDS is remark
ably vivid, and he can tell many in lap
estlng stories of men and events or
nose o days; He took prominent part
is now told for the first time.
ON the afternoon of March 2 or 3 FOR
get which, in the year 1861, as was
said Jos e9h g W Wy ea Cane G9unte[ ne
In most excited way 'ChandIce, he
salo, l want man to go to Philadelphia
a. 49, 9liG &c on a most important m1ssIoa
Eos rcost IlnpoItant 1 tell YOU, and I believe
you are the man. VIII you go?'' I told
nun would. Then he handed me a sedied
pha co to I ps g9g to 60 to Pnladsl
Lincoln and the presidential party should
be, thcte by thus time. Hunt up Col sum
deF, VINO o., is in charge. of the party and
denver this document into his own hands
ana INTO no one elSe'S. If the party has
not reached Philadelphia 20 to Ear,.is
1 n9rg and meet them there. Tell no one
an -' =" MI a.
Il went to Philadelphia at once. Thu |
preSItientlal party YVES at the Continental |
/ sought Col Sumner. The stairway and T
entrances were guarded by armed so, |
dfers. I was refused admission, and also
refused permission to see Sumner
studied the matter ever, and finally fixed 7
on plan l sought the rear of the /
hote4. gained entrance there, bribed a /
colored boy to take me to the floor orc,1
pied by the party, and found Sumner
l handed fiTf the document. He di5aI,- I
peared INTO his room returned much a gil I
lated, and handed me a note addressed to 7
WIZARD, then returned to Washing I
TON Years atterward I met Ward H
party at the Continental and afterward I
became Iincoln's biographer. I recalled |
the Incident to him, and asked him what /
was the character of the secret dncu-
ment that carried for Willard. File told |
me that document contained, the informs (
tien and warning that led to the change
IN the plans of Lineoln's trip to Washing /
ton and to his passing disguised through I
Baltimore at night.
Mr.. Chandlee was asked to explain why
ne was SO particular that care should be /
used IN getting his name "Chandlee'' and |
not Chandler"
We'll, If you knew how much trouble /
both Senator Chandler and myself have I
been caused by the slight difference in /
our names, he said, YOU wouldn't ask |
the same spelling of our last name ex- |
cept for the last letter
When Chandler was assistant secretary
of the treasury back in the eos, a truck |
was driven un in front Of my home on
Vermont avenue. near Thomas Circle
and a lot Of parfar furniture from Ros- |
ton dumped out. My wife protested. but |
the expressnian said 1t was all right;