No. 30.
Interview with J. W. Kalua,
president of the Annexation Club, and others, May 1,
1893.
Q. Please give the names of the delegates and the islands they represent?
A. Interpreter J. W. Kalua, president of the Annexation Club and chairman of the delegation, Rev. A. Pali, C. E. Coe, W. F. Pogue, C. F. Horner, and E. H. Bailey, all of Maui.
(Through interpreter.)
Q. Mr. Kalua, were you chosen by a convention of delegates from various districts chairman of the delegation to present their wishes on the subject of annexation?
A. I was.
Q. Are the natives you represent in favor of annexation unless they have the right to vote?
A. They are not.
Q. Are they in favor of it with any property qualifications?
A. They are not in favor of it.
Q. Have the annexation speakers in addressing them conveyed the idea to them that the right to vote would be preserved to them if they went into the American Union?
A. It has been, said to them in speeches.
Q. If the right to vote is preserved to them they are willing to give up the Crown and become annexed to the United States?
A. They are.
Q. Mr. Coe, were you born in the Island?
A. I was born in Grant County, Wis.
Q. How long have you lived here?
A. Twelve years this coming fall.
[Page 847]Q. Are the natives in favor of annexation unless the right to vote is preserved to them?
A. I think not.
Q. Would they be in favor of annexation with a property qualification?
A. No, sir.
Q. With the right to vote preserved to them, they prefer to be a part of the United States rather than to be under the Crown?
A. Yes, sir, thinking that the progress of the country would be advanced by being part of the United States.
Q. Provided the right to vote is preserved?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Mr. Horner, is that your understanding of the situation?
A. Yes.
Q. Mr. Pogue, is that your understanding?
A. It is.
Q. Mr. Kalua, how many voters do you represent on the island of Maui?
A. Taking the annexation list for me to go by—the foreigners represent three-fourths and the natives represent one-fourth of the lists of the annexation club—in all 700.
(The interpreter, Mr. Kalua, says there are more names on the lists than 700, but they have not all been opened yet. He does not know the exact number. He says the people have not all subscribed who will subscribe, owing to the short time the club has been started—they have not had the opportunity.)
(The notes of the foregoing were read over to the interpreter and others and pronounced correct.—E. M.)