The Meeker herald., 1892-11-05
SEVENTEEN 7-iLLlON VOTERS
Figures OF Interest In Connection with
the Pres !dcntiaI Election.


Census figures declare that in 1890 there
were in this cou itry $40, 81 males II years
old or over q this army of possible voters
1851 So were native born and i3is, 45J were
foreign born. The aggregate number OF
whites of voting age was 15,l99,s56, and OF
colored l1iO,i55; l.1G0,2l4 OF the whites
were unnaturallzcd, and 10 per cent. OF the
voters for various reasons are never polled nj
any presidential election. OF the 10 9j', 400
native white, of voting age $500. 223 were OF
native parents and 2,l5O, a73 of foreign.
The whole number of foreign born adult
males in the United States In 1896 was 4,3iS,-
459. OF these 2,5i6 ,031 or 1855 per cent t,
returned as naturalized citizens; 236,0o9 or
$50 per cent. as having declared their inten-
| ton TO become naturallzed citizens. OF iO6,-
1879, or o. 81 per cent, there was no inforila-
ton, while /, l60,2li, or 2G.6s per cent, were
returned rs aliens. II is not cheerful TO learn
that 81 10 per cent. of these aliens are unable
To .ueak the Enoii. III ia,.r''szs
OF the total number OF colorcd lO,0aJ were
| OF foreign birth. These were mostly Chinese.
and S. 1874 of ihem were between the militia
ages, is to A.
Geographically these possible voters were
grouped MS follows: In the North Atlantic
and New York, New Jersey and Pcnnsylva-
MIA. there were 5,05j go, OF whom 3,3'5,Ss0
were native born, and ,559, $50 foreign. The
aggregate whites were 4,965.l4l, aud the to-
tai colored s9,01s. New Hampshire had the
| smallest number of colored males of voting
| age in this group, aid, and Pennsylvania the
largest, 34,s53. Massachusetts, had the larg-
est number OF eolored Of any New England
| state, 1861, but New Jersey has nearly double
that number, l4,jGi.
In the Western division, extending from
| the Rockies TO the Pacific, and including
| three territories, New Mexico, Arizona and
| Utah, the males of voting age numbered l.
| lG3, $50 of whom G53, O96 were native born
and $50 1g3 foreign, The whites numbered
| 1,O45, 6Ss, Of whom $50, l64 were native born.
The colorcd numbered los, POI, OF whom IS,
279 were foreign born.
There were five states in 1890 In which the
foreign born males of voting age, including
aliens, outnumbered the native born-Wis-
consin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Nevada
and California. IE Wisconsin the figures
were: Foreign born, 2ii,3Si; native born,
2l7,33s. In that state there were 2l5,6i9 ma
tive white males of voting age, OF whom liz,
s75 were of foreign parents and 102, IA of
native.
In two states, South Carolina and Mississ-
ippi, the colored males OF voting age outnum-
Der the whites. The figures we're: South
Carolina, white, l02,Gl colored, 1872 $40.
Mississippi, white, 126,6ll; colored, 15O, 400.
In South Carolina there were but 5, 406 foreign
males of voting age, OF whom lS3 were col
bred. In Mississippi there were OF foreign
born 5,03l, of whom 100 were colored.
1850 the number of males in the United
States, 81 years old and over, was IL, $50, $40;
In 1890, l6,940,3ll, increase of 4, 100 962, or
g. 03 per cent. The largest absolute increase
was in Pennsylvania 367, 5s5; the next was
New York, 360,s9s, s.and the third was ILL
nois 215 SIG