The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-10-30

characteristic determin. ,on, he made an unstr
Ing and vigorous campaign. In an automobile hs
went day and night. speaking from to four
times day. and reached practically every com
munity In tho ~ counties. When the result of
the first primary was known, Mr.. Parrish was
winner by 253 votes"
]. Kuhio Kalananaoe, territorial delegate from
Hawaii: Republican of Waikiki. district Of
Honolulu, island OF Oahu; was born March 2a
1871. mt Kola, Island of Kauai, Hawaii; was edu'
Gated in Honolulu, the United States. and Eng.
land; was employed In the Office Of minister Of the
interior and In the customhouse under the mon
archy is cousin to the late King Kaakaua and
Queen Liluokalani, monarchs OF the then king
dom of Hawaii. and nephew of Queen Kapioiani.
consort of Kalakaua was created prince by royal
proclamation In 1884 married Elizabeth Kahanu
Kaauwai, daughter of chief OF the Island of
Maui. October 8, 1896; elected delegate to the
Fifty-slxth Ffty-nlnth sixtieth. Sxty-hrst. Sixty.
second, Sixty-third, Sxty-fourth, Slxty-ffth and
Sixty-sixth congresses"
Quite n number of members In addition to the
gentleman from Hawaii have considerable TO say
about their ancestry. Several trace their blood
back to members Of the Continental congress- One
announces that he is direct descendant OF the
father of Hannah Dustin" An Ohio representa-
tive however. easily leads them all
Henry !. Emerson of Cleveland, representative
from the Twenty-second Ohio district, sets forth
his ancestry back to the year 1885 In this country
and had the honor OF being elected to the Sixty
sixth congress without single vote being cast
against him. Here is his story of himself:
Republican of Cleveland; was born In Litch-
field. Me-, March Is. 1871, son of Ivory w. Emer
son. veteran of the Civil war. Mr.. Emerson is a
direct descendant of (D Michael Emerson who
came to this country In 1855 and settled In Haver-
hill, Mass, and was the father Of Hannah Dustin.
a famous woman of New England his (2),
Samuel, was born in Haverhlll, but moved to
II nv
was born; (4 Smith Emerson born at Dover, N.
H., December 28 1745, was captain In the Revo-
lutionary army and served under Washington at
Trenton and Princeton; (5) Jonathan Emerson
was born at Dover, N H., but moved to Litchfeld,
Me-. with his son (o), Andrew Emerson, where ~
Ivory w. Emerson, the son Of Andrew, was born (:
served In the city council Of Cleveland In 1902
and 1908; practiced law In Cleveland since 1893.
and has Offices In the Society for Savings building
was elected to the Sixty-fourth congress by 1,074
plurality. renominated at the Republican primaries
August 8, 1916 without opposition; reelected to
the Sxty-fifth congress by $685. majority; was
renominated August 13. 1918. without opposition
at the Republican primaries, and had no opposl-
tion at the election. The Democratic committee
indorsed Mr.. Emerson and the Socialists nomlnat-
ed no candidate against him was elected to the
Sixty-sixth congress- receiving over $1,000 votes,
and not a single vote being cast against him."
on casual examination of the directory 1t would
seem rs II most of the members are lawyers. We
find mention of occupations of many kinds-iron
molder baker, stock raiser. cowboy. tree surgeon.
manufacturer, physician, cheese maker, glass
blower umberjack. miner. baggagemaster. farmer.
etc About 40 members are or have been news
paper men, although II is to be noted that,several
fail to mention the fact.
Among those who own up to newspaper connec-
tions, Randall of California simply says news
paper editor and publisher" Osborne of the same
state gives full details of his work a printer
and reporter and of his official connection with
the International Typographical union
senator Medill Mccormick of Illinois, grand
son of Joseph Medill OF the Chicago Tribune, says
"writer and publisher" Hardy of Colorado is an
editor and publisher and is president of the Ma
t,onal Editorial association. Cramton OF Michigan
Go a new spaper publisher Champ Clark says
.ad,ted a country newspaper" Senator Harding
of Ohio "has been a newspaper publisher since
1884" Ashbrook of the same state has been pub
fisher of the Johnstown Independent since he was
seventeen years old. Senator LaFollette of Wis
consin has a magazine bearing his name. but he
saws nothing about 1t In his very brief autobi-
ogranhy. Senator Ashurst of Arizona says has
pursued the following occupations: Lumberjack.
cowboy, clerk and cashier in stores. newspaper
renorter and lawyer" Senator Owen Of Oklahoma
saws .has served teacher. editor lawyer, banker
and business man."
This Congressional Directory is In all serious
ness an interesting book and may be read to ad-
vantage by all good Americans who are discrminat.
ing readers