Evening Star Newspaper, September 8, 1935, Page 52

F-2 TWO UNUSUAL M By John Clagett Proctor. HERE have been some very un- usual men in Congress since the first legislative branch of the Government, under the Constitution, met at New York 1789, but only one—so far as the writer knows—who had the distinction of having been President of another country, and only one who had held the rank of crown prince. To Sam Houston goes the first honor, he having been President of the Re- public of Texas from 1836 to 1838 and again from 1841 to 1844, and who | became a United States Senator when | the Lone Star State was admitted to the Union in 1845, and served until 1859, when he became Governor of that State. When the Civil War be- gan, Texas sided with 'the South and Gov. Houston was deposed because he would not take the Confederate oath of allegiance. During the years 1861 to 1863, Texas was only represented in the Senate of the United States, and from 1863 to 1869 had no repre- sentative at all in Congress, and was under Federal military rule until 1870. Gen. Houston died in Hunts- ville, Tex., July 26, 1863, and is in- terred in Oakwood Cemetery. URING a part of his service in Con- gress, which also included two terms in the House of Representatives, from 1823 to 1827, Senator Houston, together with his colleague, Senator Thomas J. Rusk, resided at Brown's Hotel, on the north side of Pennsyl- vania avenue, between Sixth and Sev- enth streets, more recently—and until removed—known as the Metropolitan Hotel. He also resided for a while at 2107 Pennsylvania avenue, in one of the “Six Buildings.” which in 1800 was the Navy office when Benjamin Stoddert was the Secretary of that department. Another early occupant of this house was Gen. James Wilkin- #on, general in chief of the Army, and John Francis Mercer, first presi- dent of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Co.; President James Madison, when Becretary of State, and Richard Rush, Attorney General, also lived there. Before going to Texas Gen. Hous- ton had been Governor of Tennessee, but resigned this office and moved to the territory of the Cherokee nation, now a part of Oklahoma, where he remained for & short while. Texas, in those days, was a state in the Mex- ican Confederation, and only a place for the hardy and venturesome, and Sam Houston was not afraid to take & chance or to shoot it out with the other fellow, but somehow he did manage to end life in a peaceful way, and died with his boots on. But even in Washington his life was not always a peaceful one, for several years after leaving the House of Representatives, in 1827, we find him being haled into court during the November term of 1832, charged with edministering a felonious assault upon William Stanbery, a Representa- tive from Ohio, whom Houston accused of stating in a debate in Congress that he—Houston—had accepted from the Secretary of War a fraudulent contract for Indian rations. Gov. Houston was naturally riled, and forthwith wrote a letter to Mr. Stan- bery, asking him if, upon the occasion referred to, he had specically re- ferred to him by name. To this in- quiry Stanbery's reply was so evasive' and unsatisfactory that the Gover- nor determined to take matters in his own hand, and word to this effect reached the ear of Representative Stanbery, THEREUPON. according to an ac- % “count written by F. Regis Noel, “Each party provided himself with & pair of pistols and a dirk; although it was in evidence that, when the clash came, the Representative was armed with a single pistol and the Governor with a young hickory walk- ing-stick. Thus armed, the parties accidentally met about half a mile from the Capitol, on Pennsylvania avenue, on April 1. Mr. Stanbery crossed the Avenue from his lodging and, as he stepped upon the pave- ment, the defendant inquired his identity, which was admitted. Then, said the defendant, ‘you are the damned rascal,” and struck Mr. Stan- bery with his cane, who staggered back and lost his hat, while the ag- gressor followed up, striking him. After receiving several severe blows, the Representative turned to go, but the defendant sprang upon him from the rear, tripped him and continued to beat him while lying on the ground. Mr. Stanbery attempted to pull the pistol from his pocket and shoot the Governor, but the pistol would not discharge, was wrested from his hand and he was beaten until he ceased to speak and lay so still that a witness thought he was badly hurt, perhaps killed. “Mr. Stanbery addressed a com- plaint to the Speaker of the House and Gov. Houston was arrested and admitted the facts, although he de- nied that he intended to commit or did commit any contempt toward the House, any breach of its privileges, or of the privileges of any of its mem- bers. However, he was found gullty, _// SRS in | 5 ~—~\\ < | | was reprimanded by the Speaker and then discharged from the custody of the sergeant at arms. “The question before the court, upon & criminal charge afterward brought, ‘was whether the conviction and judg- ment of the House of Representatives were a bar to the prosecution for assault and battery, and the court held that they were not and, con- sidering ‘the situation of the parties, their high standing in society, the original provocation, the deliberate revenge, the great outrage upon the | tery, and the mitigating Governor.” Evidently the beating Mr. Stanbery received did not shorten his days, for he lived to be nearly 85 years old, and died in Ohio January 23, 1873. The crown prince who had the dis- tinction of serving in Congress was Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, a Dele- gate from the Territory of Hawali, serving from 1903 until his death in Waikiki, near Honolulu, January 7, 1922, his burial place being in the | royal mausoleum, Nuuanu. | DELEGATE KALANIANAOLE, s cousin of Queen Liluokalani, was created a prince by royal proclamation in 1884. He was a native of Hawail | and attended the Royal School and Punahon College, Honolulu; studied four years in St. Matthew’s College, California; was a student at the Royal Agricultural College in England and was a graduate from a business eol- lege in that country. In Hawaili he occupied a position in the department of the interior of the Hawalian government, and in 1895 took sides with the royalist sympa- thizers in their attempt to overthrow the republic, and was sentenced to one year’s imprisonment. Apparently fond of adventure, he visited Africa during the years 1899 to 1902 and fought in the British Army during the Boer War. Returning to Hawaii, he was elected a Delegate to Con- gress and served in the Lower House for 19 years, or until his death. = Hawaii and its people were quite conspicuous in the press between 40 and 50 years ago, and even at a much earlier period, for it was either an’ insurrection, an attempted overthrow of the kingdom or the forming and maintaining of a republic that held the public's attention, and if it was not this, then it was something else, as proved to be the case back in President Arthur's administration, [ public peace and severity of the bat- | circum- | stances,” imposed a fine of $500 on the | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHI&GTON, D. C, SEPTEMBER 8, 1935—PART FOUR. L Gen. Sam Houston, Former President of the Republic of Texas, and Crozon Prince Jonah Kuheo Kalanianaole of Ha- wait Only Legislators Who Previously Held Such Rant. when the Hawaiian Minister dropped dead at the White House, during the New Year reception. Of this occur- rence The Star of January 1, 1883, says: “A Startling Incident Closes the Re- ception. “Sudden Death of -the Hawalian Minister. “During the reception this morning Judge Elisha H. Allen, Minister of the Hawaiian Islands, was taken sud- denly ill with rheumatism of the heart. He had paid his respects to the President and was on his way to the anteroom to ge: his hat and coat. Representative Sparks of Illi- nois came immediately to his as- sistance and held up his head and sent for physicians. Surg. Gen. Crane and Dr. Basil Norris, who were pres- ent, were immediately called and rendered all the assistance possible, but their efforts were fruitless and he died at 20 minutes to 12 o'clock of heart disease, having been sick only 20 minutes. As soon as the sad news reached the President he ordered the reception closed at once. The heads of the different bureaus were being received at the time. Judge Allen was | accompanied by his son, Frederick Allen. No ladies were with him. His body was removed to his place of residence, the Hamilton House, and the doors of the White House were closed to further visitors. People had gathered in great numbers to attend, the public reception, the line ex- tending to Fifteenth street, but they were all turned away.” Upon this occasion, according to The Star, the Oltest Inhabitants were headed by their president, Jenkin Thomas, and Nicholas Callan, the sec- retary, was in the front ranks. The President had left the blue parlor be- fore they entered. THE remains were temporarily in- terred in the vault at Mount Au- burn Cemetery, near Boston. Minister Allen had evidently repre- sented Hawali for many years, for in the City Directory for 1865 his name appears as “Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary.” ‘The early visits to this country of delegations of Chinese and Japanese and peoples from elsewhere, who came here dressed in their native costumes, naturally created much curiosity and interest, and the imaginative mind might suspect that when the Ha- wallans visited us the women were dressed in grasé skirts, with only & rope of flowers around their necks, and AL LN 1 EN WHO SE 7 Upper, left: King Kalakaua, who visited Washington in 1874 and 188l1. Top, center: King Kalakaua and other Hawaiian royalty being received in the blue room of the White House, December 15, Liliuokalani, last monarch Lower, left: king consort. 1874. Upper right: Queen of the Hawaiian Islands. John O. Dominis, Queen Liliuokalani’s Lower, center: A British midshipman restoring the American eagle in front of the United States Legation, Honolulu. An incident of 1865. Lower, right: Queen Dowager Kapislani, who visited Washing- ton in 1887, looked like barbarians, but this was far from the case, for the people from the Sandwich Islands (so named by Capt. Cook, the discoverer, in honor of his patron, the Earl of Sandwich, but no longer in use) had been in contact for many years with the whites, prin- cipally from England and the United States, and the better class had long since abandoned native dress for the clothing generally worn in civilized countries. Indeed, King Kalakaua, who first visited this country in 1874, proved to be a well dressed and well educated man. He was chosen King almost unanimously on February 12 of that year and arrived in Washington on Saturday, December 12. His coming was made a notable event, and Secretaries Fish, Belknap and Robison, accompanied by a few minor officials, left Washington at an early hour on Saturday morning and met the train containing the King about 6 or 8 miles from the city. ‘When the train arrived at the depot §omer Jod GEN. SAM the royal party marched to the north front of the new Baltimore & Potomac Depot, where carriages awaited the distinguished guests. Under th> es- cort of a detachment of Marines the party was conveyed to the suite of 13 rooms engaged for it at the Arlington Hotel, which included a parlor (or what modern folk now call a living room), dining room, writing room, bed chambers, bath rooms and two addi- tional parlors on the first floor for general reception. On December 15 the King was for- mally presented to President Grant, | the members of the cabinet, Gen. other distinguished persons. The King is said to have made a favorable im- pression upon all by his easy and graceful manners. ING KALAKAUA, or David Kala- kaua, by which name he was known prior to being chosen King, was the son of C. Kapaakea and the High Chiefess Keohokalole. In 1863 he e — ‘e Vs | (% £ HOUSTON, ts Anns snd became first President of the Republie | Sherman, Admiral Porter and a few | Visits of Hawaiian Royalty to Washington Recalled, Along With the Street Battle of Sam| Houston and His Colleague, Representative Sm//bcr)/_, W ith Scrappy Texan married the Chiefess Kapiolani, niece of Keliahonui. Referring to his personal appear- ance, an early account tells us he was stout, of dark complexion, had side whiskers and black, curly hair. King Kalakaua made a second visit to this country in 1881, and again made the Arlington his headquarters. He was making a world tour at the time and an early account had this to say- of his majesty: “King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands, who is now en route from England for the United States on his tour around the world, has been traveling constantly since the 20th of January last, when he sailed from Honolulu for San Francisco. Remain- ing in California a week, he took his departure for Japan on February 8th and during his 10 days’ stay there he was a guest of the Emperor and received all the honors which the government of Japan and distin- guished citizens could bestow. He was entertained by the Mikado and princes | of the royal blood and by the min- ister of foreign affairs, “As the King has attained the thirty-third degree of Masonry, the Masonic fraternity of Yokohama ten- dered him a ball, and he had agreed to be present, but just at this time, as he was about to leave for Tokio, he learned of the assassination of the Emperor of Russia and he postponed kis visit to the ball. He visited every place of interest in Japan's ancient capital. He then went to Nagasaki, where the officials of the Japanese empire left him. He was taken to China in a special steamship furnished by the Chinese Merchants’ Co. At Tientsin he met Gen. Li Hung Chang, the foremost citizen of China. He did not go to Pekin on account of bad weather, but proceeded to Hong Kong, where John Pope Hennessy, the Gov- ernor of the English colony, enter- tained him in the name of the Queen of Great Britain at a number of banquets. Next he became the guest | of the Govorner of Siam, who enter- tained him at & state banquet and a | grand dancing and theatrical dis- play. ** * “He will spend a few days in New York and a few in Washington. He will visit the Hampton Normal Agri- cultural College, which is in charge of Gen. S. C. Armstrong, brother of his attorney general. Thence the King will go to Kentucky and examine the blooded stock, of which he owns con- He will reach Sen Fran- ’ g il RVED IN PAST CONG RESSES sea gull's down, colored black and having a yellow center. “Queen Kapioiani has the color of a full-blooded Negro, her hair erimps Getting Fined. |cisco in time to leave for home by the steamer of October 22d.” | KING KALAKAUA died in San Fran- ‘ cisco on January 20, 1891, and | | his Queen consort, Kapiolani, died in | June, 1899. In 1887 she visited the United States and, of course, the Natlon's Capital. She was shown around the city and visited the pub- | lic buildings, and the writer saw her | at the National Museum upon that |occasion. The Star of May 4, 1887, | | gives some of the details of her visit, | saying: “A Queen at the White House. | “King Kalakaua's consort calls on | the President. “Queen Kapiolani of Hawaii and suite arrived in Washington at 6:45 | o'clock yesterday afternoon, They | were met at the depot by Minister Carter, Mr. S. A. Brown, chief clerk close and her features are heavy, but her bearing is regal. The Queen was escorted by Mr. Carter, the Hawalian Minister (in full uniform of white cloth with gold braid and fringe); Mr. Sevellon Brown, and Col. J. H. Boyd, aide de camp to her majesty's staff. “The princess wore deep mourning, and veil. She was es- corted by her husband, Lieut. Gen. Dominis, in uniform, and Capt. D. M. Taylor of the Ordnance Bureau and Lieut. R. P. Rodgers of the Navy. Mrs. Carter, with an escort, was also pres- ent. She was dressed in glossy black satin. “In the blue room, which was deco- rated with flowers, the royal party was welcomed by President and Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Welsh, Col. and Mrs. Lamont, Mr. J. Bleecker Banks and those already named. The conference was of about one hour’s length, when the party again took carriage for the hotel, the Queen taking a short detour. “THE President and Mrs. Cleveland and several of the cabinet mem- bers and their ladies returned the courtesy of the Queen at 2 o'clock this atternoon—the limit of the time al- lowed by court etiquette to inter- vene between the two visits.” A further account of the Queen’s movements appeared in The Star the following day, in which it was said: “Entertaining the Hawaiian Queen “Movements of the distinguished visitors today. “Queen Kapiolani and suite drove to the Deaf Mute College yesterday afternoon and, were shown through the buildings and grounds. On their return they were entertained at din- ner by Minister Carter.- Among those present were Secretaries Bayard, Fair- child, Whitney and Endicott, and Postmaster General Vilas, Gen. Sheri- dan, Admirals Porter, Stevens, Temple and Ammen, Chief Justice Waite, Jus- tice Miller, Justice MacArthur, Gen. Greely, Senators Dolph and Morrill, Mr. Leo Knott and Prof. Baird, most of whom were accompanied by ladies. “The review of the troops at the Washington Barracks in honor of Queen Kapiolani was given between 10 and 11 o'clock this morning. On January 29, 1891, Lydia Kama- kaeha Liliuokalani became Queen, with the title, Liliuokalani, her sister's daughter, Princess Kaiulani, then 17 yvears of age, being proclaimed about the same time heir apparent to the Hawailan throne. . Queen Liliuokalani, however, was not to reign for long, for at the time of the revolution of 1893 Sanford B. Dole became president of the Executive Council of the Committee of Public Safety. The following year, July 4, 1894, the Republic of Hawail was declared and Sanfofd B. Dole became the first President. Annexation of Hawaii to the United States practically began on January 31, 1893, when Minister Stevens raised the American flag over one of the government buildings. By order of President Cleveland the flag was later hauled down. However, on July 7. 1898, the Republic of Hawaii ceased to exist, when the islands were nexed to the United States, the official transfer being made on August 12. of the State Department; Lieut. R. P. Rodgers of the Navy and Capt. D. M. | Taylor of the Army and conducted to | the Arlington Hotel. . The party con-| sists of Queen Kapiolani, Princess | Liliuokalani, sister of the King of Ha- waii; her husband, Gen. J. O. Dominis; | Hon. C. P. Taukea, Governor of Oahu: { Col. J. H. Boyd, and four servants. A large crowd of people were at the depot to witness the arrival of the | royal party, but they were disappoint- | ed by the distinguished visitors going quietly out of the side entrance. When the Queen got to her apartments she found a beautiful bouquet of Baron | Rothschild roses and white lilacs, | which had been sent there by the President. They were tired from their long trip and retired early. | “The Hawaiian Queen and her sis-| ter, the Princess Liuokalani, with their | suite and local attendants, paid their respects to the President and Mrs. Cleveland in the blue room today about noon. The party arrived in three Victorias. The Queen’s carriage was drawn by two white horses. Sec- retary Bayard and Mr. Adee of the | State Department, with Sergt. Dins- more, stood in the portico to receive her. Mr. Henry also assisted her to alight. The Queen wore a trained robe of black satin trimmed across the short front with gold braid a foot in width and the long, rounded train had the same sort of braid. The short front displayed the very.snug and wide-formed leather boots that reached well up to her ankle. She wore a dark bonnet and had a. broad crimson silk scarf across her bosom. Bhe held & small fan composed of ' LILIUOKALANI visited Washington early in 1897, in an attempt to recover her throne, and failed to ac- complish her purpose. The writer saw her and her handsome niece, Princess Kaiulani at that time, both at the theater and at the National Museum. She resembled very much our colored people of mixed blood. She died in Honolulu March 6, 1899. Now it seems that the Territary af Hawaii is seeking admission to the Union as a State, and it is quite pos- sible, if deemed of sufficient political advantage, that the plea will be taken seriously. But, it is hoped, while the matter is being considered, the plight of the District of Columbia and the desire for national repre- sentation, will not be overlooked, for truly the people of the District have suffered enough injustice already. Hawaii, in 1930, had s population of 368336. On the Island of Ha- waii, according to the same census, there were but 73325 people, and | this probably includes about one- fourth of the enlightened population of the group of islands. When this | same tabulation was made there were in the District of Columbia nearly half a million people, with a per- centage of intelligence so far above the people of Hawaii that there can be no comparison, and when it comes | to paying taxes into Uncle Sam's coffers, the comparative difference is equally as glaring. The people of the District of Co- lumbia are not opposed to Statehoed for Hawali, but they do feel that Con- gress should be just before it s generous. . . .