Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1875-01-07
DAVID AT WASHINGTON.


How the Colored Felix. Regard Him.
Corr sponds nee Sacramento Eecord.l
| Perhaps Won are net aware OF the re-
euIiar ccmmo;ion King "Golly cow-oo.'
as they call him, has kicked up among
the eolorsd people here. nor how his
coming affected the little folks a. all col
ors. Soon as he landed at Frisco these
| little ones knew il, ard fell to singing that
sweet Sandwich Island Missionary hymn,
the refrain Of which, nearly as l can re-
member il, is:
Eokey-pokay wink 'y-wpm,
How'd yer like ye- 'tatefs dcn-s
Pepper and salt to every one :"
Cried the King CT the tannibsl Islands.
And as the youngsters could not get it
on; of their heads that the King of Ha-
waii, is Candibal King. especially par
tial to infants, why you may imagine
their anxiety to see Lin-at safe dis
lance. Well, they have seen the quiet
sentlcmanly- looking chieftsin of tawny
skin and are as;onished to find that he
is no savage-,hat he eats, drinks and
sleeps Ike any other Christian. The
colo1ed people, however, are by no means
pleased with him. One of their wealth.
lest men, the other day, sent the King
an invitation to dine at his house, with
him and with other colored citizens. Tie
Hing. through his Secretary, politely
snubb.d the would-be host, and hence
there is feeling upon the subject in Ami
can circles. They say he is muffin
but . cullud man, and needn't be goin'
for to put on too many of dem airs-jes
as il he was = white man ~" You see
color is ssnsitiye-absurdly SO. Every
grade has its feelings. The white Pres
ide2t looks down upon the japanese
Minister the japanese Minister looks
down upon the .'kanal1a King the
Hing Of the kanakas looks down upon
the colored Minister Basseit, whc-sb-
serve how things run in circlss-repre-
seats that white President at the Hay
tien Republic, but who happens now to
be at Washington. The Lonors show
cred on the King are also made to bear
on the civilrig question. Evanseline
Trerefiie, an English poetess, has writ
ten q poem entitled Sumner, the
Friend OF Humanity" and has brought
il to Washington for . market. She has
lodgings st private boarding house
kept by Mrs. Flint. And now she
comes before the public with an affidavit
that because Minister Bassett, French
scholar, King, Professor Sampson and
Caterer Downing, all gentlemen Of color,
called on her. Eer tiInty landlady not
only refused them admission to the par
lor, because Of their color, but actually
turned her out of the house And the
fair Angelina, while she declines to in
stitute legal proceedings. desires, by
publication of her affidavit, 10 show
Congress how the matter of civil rights
works here: that at TIE Capital of the
nation ore Of its citizens Is denied
resting place because called upon by q
co,orcd man, and that, too, while the
United States authorities aIe entertain
ing TO The best of their ability, King
David OF the Sandwich Islands" Things
certainly do work little oddiy-don't
they: But. returning to our mutton.
le; ne say that the Kings visit TO Con-
gre although very simple il its attend
ing ceremonies, created more real stir
than anything else he has done. The
vast hall of the House was crowded with
Senators. Representatives of this and
the next House. ard multitude OF per-
sors who, unable TO jan into the CALLER
les were admitted to the door. No reign
ing monarch. had ever entered these
tesselated corridors nor raised his voice
within those marble halls and the peo-
pie rushed to witness tie meeting OF roy
atty with republieaG!sm. The scene was
disappointing and lacked impressivsness,
exeep; during The trief but pregnant adj
dress OF welcome m2de by Speaker
Blaine. That moment, however, might
be ssizsd by the artist for q fine con-
memoratiye historical painting OF q sig
riticant incident il cur national career.