Antone Rosa

Antone Rosa
Kingdom of Hawaii
Attorney General
In office
November 15, 1886 – June 28, 1887
Monarch Kalakaua
Preceded by John Lot Kaulukou
Succeeded by Clarence W. Ashford
Acting Governor of Oahu
In office
April 12, 1887 – July 7, 1887
Monarch Kalakaua
Preceded by Curtis P. Iaukea
Succeeded by Curtis P. Iaukea
Personal details
Born (1855-11-20)November 20, 1855
Kalae, Molokai, Kingdom of Hawaii
Died November 9, 1898(1898-11-09) (aged 42)
Honolulu, Oahu, Republic of Hawaii
Resting place Honolulu Catholic Cemetery
Nationality Kingdom of Hawaii
Republic of Hawaii
Spouse(s) Joanna Niaukololani Drew Ladd
Helen Nina Ladd
Children William Ladd, Mahealani, Rose
Alma mater ʻĀhuimanu College
Royal School
Occupation Lawyer, Politician, Judge

Antone Rosa (November 10, 1855 – September 9, 1898) was a politician, lawyer and judge of the Kingdom of Hawaii and Republic of Hawaii. He served as Attorney General of Hawaii, and as a private secretary and vice chamberlain to King Kalākaua.

Early life

He was born at Kalae, on the island of Molokai, on November 10, 1855. His mother was a Native Hawaiian while his father Antone Rosa, Sr. (1825–1896) was a fisherman of Portuguese descent. The senior Rosa immigrated to Hawaiian Islands originally from Portugal in 1850. He had five sons: Antone Jr., Manuel, Joseph, Levi and George.[1] However, the younger Rosa rarely referred to himself as "Jr." Educated at the Roman Catholic College of ʻĀhuimanu and later Honolulu's Royal School under Anglican Rev. Alexander Mackintosh, Rosa became fluent in English, Hawaiian and French.[2]

Career

He clerked for Chief Justice Charles Coffin Harris, and served as Deputy Clerk of the Supreme Court October 25, 1877 to September 3, 1882, but he was not allowed to practice as an attorney, because he had never studied law.[3] After taking a two-year career sabbatical to study law, he passed his exam in October 27, 1884 and was admitted to the Bar.[2] He was serving as Deputy Attorney-General in 1885 when King Kalākaua appointed him Attorney-General on November 15 to fill a vacancy caused by the departure of John Lot Kaulukou. He held that position until June 1887.[4]

Rosa's name was placed in nomination as an Independent candidate for representative from Honolulu in 1887. The Kaumakapili Church hosted numerous meetings for Hawaiians to hear candidate positions on the issues of the day. At Rosa's appearances, he spoke in the Hawaiian language and expressed support for the new Bayonet Constitution, but disdained how Kalākaua had been forced into signing it. He denounced both the Honolulu Rifles and the Reform Party of Hawaii for their actions in obtaining that constitution, and for what he purported were later illegal exchanges of money after the document became the law of the Kingdom. He was defeated by the Reform Party candidate at the September 12 election.[5]

In October 1887, Kalākaua appointed him as his private secretary and Vice Chamberlain of the Royal Household, where he held the rank of Major.[2] Due to a temporary absence of Curtis P. Iaukea and John Owen Dominis during that same period, Rosa was assigned the temporary reins of their positions: Acting Commander-in-Chief of the Forces of the Kingdom (Dominis), Acting Adjutant General of the Forces of the Kingdom (Iaukea) and Acting Governor of Oahu (Iaukea).[6]

During the February 1890 general election, Rosa ran unopposed on the National Reform candidate for Representative of Oahu winning a seat in the legislative assembly.[7] During this session, Rosa and his fellow legislators ousted the Reform cabinet led by Lorrin A. Thurston.[2][8]

When Kalākaua died January 31, 1891, a series of gatherings at the Kaumakapili Church were held to deal with "the nation's calamity". The Kalākaua Monument Association was formed to raise funds for a memorial. Samuel Parker was elected as its president, and the membership included high-profile names of the day. Trustees were Rosa, John F. Colburn and E. C. Marfalane.[9] Rosa was appointed in March by Queen Liliuokalani to her Privy Council of State.[10]

Judge S. L. Austin of the Third and Fourth Circuit courts died suddenly in 1896, and Rosa was appointed as his replacement under the Republic of Hawaii. He eventually resigned the judgeship and returned to private practice.[2]

Rosa died on September 9, 1898, at his residence in Pawaa, Honolulu, after a lengthy illness. The funeral was held on the same day at the Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Peace officiated by Bishop Gulstan Ropert, and he was was buried at the Honolulu Catholic Cemetery.[2]

Personal life

Rosa was married twice. His first marriage, on January 1, 1883, was to Joanna Niaukololani Drew Ladd (1847–1891), daughter of Mr. Drew and Abigail Kamaio Elwell, who was also of part-Hawaiian descent. She was the widow of William Newton Ladd, by whom she had three daughters Helen, Mabel and Emily. She notably received two hundred dollars as a minor devisee in the will of Bernice Pauahi Bishop. Joanna died on August 19, 1891. After Joanna's death and much to the surprise of his friends, Rosa remarried on December 12, 1891, to his stepdaughter Helen Nina Ladd (1865–1931). The Ladd family were the founders of Ladd & Co. sugarcane business, and later land speculators. Helen and their three children William Ladd Rosa, Mahealani A. Rosa and Rose Rosa survived him.[2][11]

He and his friend the former Minister of Interior John F. Colburn were arrested in March of 1898 for steering into a fish market, claiming they were trying to get the vehicle out of the rain.[12] Rosa's and Colburn's defense was that it was not against the law, which was confirmed by their release. Rosa left an estate estimated at $8,000, most of it in land holdings, with Colburn named as the executor of his will. The court ordered that Rosa's widow be paid $10 a week from the estate.[12]

Citations

  1. ↑ "Antone Rosa, Sr.". The Hawaiian Star. Honolulu. October 8, 1896. p. 8. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Death of Antone Rosa". The Hawaiian Star. Honolulu. September 9, 1898. p. 1.; "Judge Antone Rosa Dead". Evening Bulletin. Honolulu. September 9, 1898. p. 1.; "Judge Antone Rosa Dead (continued from first page)". Evening Bulletin. Honolulu. September 9, 1898. p. 8.; "Antone Rosa". The Independent. Honolulu. September 9, 1898. p. 2.; "Death of Antone Rosa". The Independent. Honolulu. September 9, 1898. p. 3.; "Cards of Thank". The Independent. Honolulu. September 12, 1898. p. 2.; "A Leader Gone". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu. September 10, 1898. p. 6.; "Laid at Rest". The Independent. Honolulu. September 10, 1898. p. 3.; "The Last Respects". Evening Bulletin. Honolulu. September 9, 1898. p. 4. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  3. ↑ "By Authority". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. October 3, 1877. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  4. ↑ "Supreme Court – July Term". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. July 21, 1885. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.; Kuykendall 1967, p. 298; "The Attorney Generalship". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Daily Herald. November 16, 1866. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  5. ↑ Kuykendall 1967, p. 298; "Mass Meetinng". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. September 10, 1887. Retrieved November 18, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.; "The Election". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. September 13, 1887. Retrieved November 18, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  6. ↑ "By Authority". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. April 14, 1887. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  7. ↑ Hawaii & Lydecker 1918, p. 178; "The General Election". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. Hawaiian Gazette. February 11, 1890. Retrieved November 18, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  8. ↑ Kuykendall 1967, pp. 460–461
  9. ↑ "Monument Committee". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. February 14, 1891. Retrieved November 18, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  10. ↑ "By Authority". Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands. The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. March 17, 1891. Retrieved November 18, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  11. ↑ "Local & General Items". The Daily Bulletin. Honolulu. January 3, 1883. p. 2.; "Death of Mrs. Antone Rosa". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu. August 20, 1891. p. 2.; "Pauahi's Will". Kamehameha Schools. Retrieved November 17, 2016.; "A Kamaaina Gone". Honolulu Star-Bulletin. Honolulu. February 3, 1902. p. 1.; "Death of Mrs. Abigail Drew". The Independent. Honolulu. February 3, 1902. p. 2.; Hawaiʻi State Archives (2006). "Rosa-Ladd marriage record". Retrieved June 5, 2014 – via Ulukau, the Hawaiian Electronic Library.; "Local And General". The Pacific Commercial Advertiser. Honolulu. December 14, 1891. p. 3.; "Suit For Lands At Koolauloa". The Honolulu Republican. Honolulu. January 23, 1902. p. 6. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
  12. 1 2 "Wet and Arrested". The Hawaiian Gazette. Honolulu. March 15, 1898. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.; "Will of Antone Rosa Presented With Petition For Probate". The Evening Bulletin. Honolulu. September 15, 1898. Retrieved November 17, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.; "Antone Rosa's Estate". The Hawaiian Star. Honolulu. September 15, 1898. Retrieved November 19, 2016 – via Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.

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