The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1919-11-08

\ characteristic determination, he made an urtir-
ing and vigorous campaign In an automobile he
went day and night, speaking from one to four
times day. and reached practically every COM
munity in the l. COUNTIES. When the result OF
the first primary ws5 known. Mr.. Parrish was
winner by 253 votes"
j. Kuhio Kalananaole, territorial delegate from
Hawaii: Republican q. Waikiki, district of
Honolulu island of Oahu was born March 70,
1871, at Koa, 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 customhousc under the mon
archy; is cousin to the late King kalaIlaua and
Queen Luokalan. mOnarchs of the then king
dom of Hawaii, and nephew of Queen kaplolanl
consOrt of kalakaua; 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-sixth Fftynnth Sixtieth, Sixty-first, Sixty
second SiXty-third, SiXtyfourth, Sixty-ffth and
SiXty-sixth congresses.
Quite q 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 a direct descendant Of the
father of Hannah Dustin An Ohio representa-
tive however easily leads them ALL
Henry l. Emerson of Cleveland, representative
from the Twenty-second Ohio district, sets forth
his ancestry back to the year 1865 in this country
and had the honor of being elected to the Sixty
sixth congress without a single vote being cast
against him. Here is his story of himself:
Republican of Cleveland; was born in Litch
field Me- March Is, 1871, of Ivory w. Emer-
son. a veteran of the Civil war. Mr.. Emerson is
direct descendant of "a Michael Emerson who
came to this country in 1865 and settled in Haver
hill. Mass and was the father Of Hannah Dustin,
q famous woman of New England; his ca,
Samuel was born in Hayerhill, but moved to
Dover n H., where his son i3), Timothy Emerson
was born; az Smith Emerson born at Dover, n.
H. December 26, 1745. 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.
Ne with his son (6), Andrew Emerson, where ca
Ivory W. Emerson, the of Andrew, was born !;
served in the city council of Cleveland in 1902
and 1908; practiced law in Cleveland since 1888,
and has offices in the Society for Savings building ;
was elected to the Sixtyfourth congress by 1,O74
plurality, renomnated at the Republican primaries
August s, 1916, without opposition; reelected to
the Sixty-ffth congress by 1865 majority; was
renominated August 49, 1918, without opposition
at the Republican primaries and had no opposi-
ton at the election. The Democratic committee
Endorsed Mr. Emerson and the Socialists nominal
ed no candidate against him elected to the
Sixty-sixth congress, receiving over $4,000 votes,
and not a single vote being cast against him."
On casual examination OF the directory IL WOulu
saem ms if most of the members are lawyers. We
And mention Of occupations of many kinds-ron
molder baker, stock raiser, cowboy, tree surgeon.
manufacturer, physician, cheese maker, glass
blower lumberjack, miner, baggagemaster, farmer,
etc About 40 members are or have been news
paper men, although it is to be noted that several
f.il to mention the fact
Among those who own up to newspaper connec-
tions. Randall of California simply says news
,anor editor and publisher" Osborne of the same
state gives full details of his work as printer
and reporter and of his official connection with
tho International Typographical union.
Senator Medill Mccormick of Illinois, a grand
con Of Joseph Medill of the Chicago Tribune says
a,riter and publisher" Hardy of Colorado is an
EDITOR and publisher and is president of the Ma
+;oraI Editorial association. Cramton of Michigan
=; newspaper publisher. Champ Clark says
ad;+od n country newspaper" Senator Harding
Of Ohio. "has been a newspaper publisher since
1904" Ashbrook of the same state has been pub
1;sher of the Johnstown Independent since he was
o~onteen years old Senator LaFOllette of Wis
copsin has a magazine bearing his name but he
COWS nothing about it in his very brief autobi-
ogranhy. Senator Ashurst of Arizona says "has
nursued the following occupations: Lumberjack,
cowboy. clerk and cashier in stores, newspaper
renorter and lawyer" Senator Owen of Oklahoma
and business man.
This Congressional Directory is, in all serious
ness. an interesting book and may be read to adj
vantage by III; good Americans who are discriminate
ing readers.