Evening journal., 1910-10-29
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
General Grants Own ExpIa-
nation Of a Famous Story
Nv "HoIIand."
BY "Holland."

After Judge Charles J. Folger. while
Secretary of the Treasury, had been
nominated for goyernor Of New York,
IN 1882, il was made apparent that, H.
reason Of certain factional quarrels
in the Republican party for which he
was not responsible, the danger was
grave that Grover Cleveland. then
Mayor of Buffalo. would defeat him at
the November election. 1t was neces-
sary for those who were managing
the Republican campaign to call forth
the utmost resources of the party And
for that reason they decided 10 urge
General Grant to preside at a great
campaign meeting which was to be
held at the Metropolitan Opera House,
/ in New York city.
! General George II. Sharpe, who i'm
the Civil War had served upon the
staff Of General Meade, where he had
been brought into close relations with
General Grant. and who Afterwards
was speaker OF the Assembly at~Al-
bany, and Captain Frederick c. Wag-
ner who gained a great reputation I'm
New York at the time of the draft
riots, in 1863, We're appointed a COM
mittee to call upon General Grant, !
and ask him to preside at the meet
ing. AS a result of that interview
these two Republicans incidentally
learned something of which they be-
fore had had no knowledge. They
obtained from General Grant a full |
explanation as to his smoking habits.
II happened i'm this way: The COM /
mittee said 10 General Grant that the |
party would esteem il great honor |
l.. II
meeting at the Metropolitan Opera /
House. Thercupon, the general took /
cigar<which had been lighted. but |
had gone out from his lips, lighted it, |
and said:
ut would give me the greatest |
pleasure TO preside at this meeting, |
but have an imperative engagement |
al Philadelphia. with Mr.. D-eXel. I !
cannot break It. I will. however, glad |
| ly write a letter. telling of my earnest
hope OF the election Of Judge Folger
as governor"
BY this time the FIRE i'm General
Grants cigar had deadened, and he
again lighted It, and began little
chat with his friends.
At last one of the committee ven
turod to say: General, | see you still
are fond of the cigar"
Taking the cigar from his lips, GEN.
eral Grant pointed to II. Look at that
cigar" he said You see, it's burned
away about an inch. Now. | lighted
that cigar when came TO this Office
\ little before ten o'clock this morning.
It is now a little after twelve.
suppose IL has gone out and been re-
lighted ten times That one cigar will
last me until three o'clock. may
light IL twenty times before then.
81 usually have cigar in@ my
! mouth, but the greater part ofSthe
/ time it is unlighted When | am alone
It goes out. When somebody comes to
talk with me I light IT, This is q
/ cigar made of Mexican tobacco; some
/ people would call it pretty strong. But
if you are all day smoking one cigar,
you don't need to bother about the
strength.
"I have heard a great deal said
about my having been an inveterate
smoker during the war. But this was
due chiefly TO the fact that while [
usually had a cigar between my lips.
a good deal more than half the time
it was out They pictured me as
smoking cigars when ! was riding
horseback. I often had cigar I'm my
mouth then, but it was rarely lighted.
I NO am uOl great SliOhel OF cigars.
/ mean by that that I do not
light one with another and keep It up
all day. But I must say that I prob
ably light a ciga more frequently Nan
any other man who uses tobacco in
this way. Let me offer you a Mexican
cigar"
General Grant took from "A drawer
in his desk a box Of cigars. and hav-
ing opened It passed it 10 his friends
Each one took a scigar. One Of the
two kept his cigar as a memorial. The
other attempted TO smoke his, and
after a few whiffs thought he under
stood why General Grant let his cigar
go out so frequently that he was able
to make one cigar do him during the
business hours of the day. For those
black Mexican cigars We're of unsur-
passed strength and richness
Copyright. 1910. by r. J. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
On Monday Mr.. Edwards will tell Of
"The Time John sherman Simulated
tuVor~