And, like all of their interactions on Update over the years, it was incredibly funny
The Graphic, 20 January 1900

Springer TC999B, 3 Class A cigars, black, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1000, 7 Class A cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1002, 5 Class B cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1003, 7 Class B cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1005, 20 Class B cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1006, 50 Class B cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1007, 100 Class B cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1009, 50 Class C cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1010, 100 Class C cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1012, 20 Class D cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1014, 50 Class D cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1015, 100 Class D cigars, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1017, 5 Class E cigars, black, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1018, 10 Class E cigars, black, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1019, 25 Class E cigars, black, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1020, 50 Class E cigars, Henry Clay redesign, vertical black SERIES 116 Springer TC1021, 25 Class F cigars, black, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1022, 50 Class F cigars, black, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Springer TC1023, 25 Class G cigars, black, Henry Clay redesign, SERIES 116 Series 117 / Act of 1926 (1947) No plate numbers are known on the Series 117 Henry Clay issues

Its because the cigar was a private label for Santa Clara, Inc., the distribution arm associated with JR Cigar and owned by the same company as Altadis U.S.A
What unraveled after that proposed ban was not really a battle of, like, what could be good or bad for the community, or best or better