Show SPEAKER SHIFTED HIS QUID this was done so that no partiality could be shown doctor hildreth in his 11 memoirs of 0 the early settlers of ohio devotes a chapter to abraham whipple ot rhode island ile he was horn born in 1733 andaas one of the first to take a hand inthe revolutionary war in 1786 ho he was elected a representative to the legislature from the town of cranston the advocates of the paper money system we were rethen then in power and had chosen gorton a clumsy old min man for speaker gorton borton was in the habit of keeping a large quid of tobacco in one side of his mouth which pressed out one of 0 his cheeks checks most of the debates were on tho opposite side of the hall bioni that on which commodore whipple sat and the speakers face was commonly turned that way once in the course ot of the debate debala whipple had cogitated a speech which he be waited for an opportunity to deliver at last out of patience he rose and called ier speaker thi speaker whose face was turned the other way ay did not hear bear him ile he raised his voice to its utmost clr speaker gorton started ind and turning to the comin commodore odore said 1 I hear you thereupon whipple began 1 I wish mr speaker you would shift your quid of tobacco from your starboard to your laib oaid jaw that it might give your head a cant this way so that ou oil could sometimes hear something from this side of 0 the house then he be went on mith his speech |