The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-08-17
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r-tsvs. F~srsses-Sor-, s-s Coioroa Votes
Albany, Aug. Ie~1n 1895, ~ the close Of ~
civfl war. and before the enormous tide OF sors
eien emigration from Europe had reached n,
food, the census taken by the State onacera. n,
spportionment purposes CChauncey M. Depsv
was then Secretary Of statal, gave, in minu,.
detail, the number Of native and naturali,cd
voters in each of the counties of the State and /,
each Of the subdivisions Of the counties. II wo,
thought At that time by many persons that m.
number Of naturalized voters returned Al tbo,
time, $4,000. against $4,000 native horn. i'm.
volved some danger 20 American institutions.
especially in the large cities, on account OF tbs
ignorance Of many Of the newcomers OF Ameri.
can customs and conditions.
II was feared by some excited individual, ,bo,
perhaps the foreign-born voters would com,I,,
and not only outvote those born in tho Initel
States, but practically oetracize them from .
potential voice in the Government. Tbe NJ.
fetal figures Of the Federal census OF the mai.
inhabitants Of New York OF voting ago b,.
Just made It's appearance, and It shows rom.
~clusively that the fears of these nlarmists wc-a
entirely ungrounded. In Albany county, vbe-.
twenty-nine years ago there were returned l5.
600 native and $500 naturalized voters. thor.
are now 80, 900 native voters and $4,000 na,ur.
allied voters. The native vote has doubled
tNhCIll . ~ Y lhAAENu NONo Alh lhCEfHSeuO nlV
two-thirds. In Erie county. which includes Oh.
city Of Buffalo, which had at the close of IN.
war an enormous German population, IN.
foreign-born voters o~utnumbering those natiys
born By 1900, the proportion is now reverseh
there being $500 moro native than naturaliIed
voters, exclusive OF the colored contineen,
which Is not Important in Erie. Kings county
at the close of the war had nearly 81 1000 ma.
tive born against 90, 1000 nsturaliEed voters 40.
cording to the figures of the late Federal censu,
the native-born vote was 1888 10 1l7,47o fur.
eign born. In the city of New York, Of which
the self-constituted defenders OF American IN.
stitutions were most apprehensive. 1900 ma.
tive-born voters to 1900 foreign-born votars
were returned In 1865. Now the figures ar,
$50. 900 native to 22e, 900 foreign born. the pro.
portion being practically unchanged. In onon.
daga county, which includes the city of syra.
cuse, the native-born voters increased from 49,.
900 to 10000. while In the same period the
foreign-born voters increased from $500 10 Ia.
0oo-s larger ratio, The prize county in Now
York for straight-out native-born voters Is Soho
harie. In 1865 10 returned 7,7oo native-born
voters to 32o naturalized. Now the figures are
$500 to 3s1.
westchester Is one Of the counties which show
adecided gain Of foreign-born citizens. rhsy
have increased there from 6,10o to 1900,
VAAAo thO AhSaNeoc 40 tAO MA -
voters has been from $4,000 to $4,000. Queens
county, too, shows an abnormal gain Of foreign
born voters. They numbered 5000 in 1868 and
now number 10000. Tho native-born voters
have increased meanwhile from 8, 100 to 10000.
There has been since 1870 a great influx Of
Canadians, and especially French Canadians, to
the United States. but for some reason which Is
not very clearly defined they seem TO have mora
partially for the States of New England than
they have for New York. All the New England
States, with the exception of Connecticut, have
now o very large Canadian population.
but the New York counties on the Canadian
border have gained little from the emigration
Of these Canadians southwark. Clinton county,
which is on the direct line Of Canada,
had 2,765 foreign-born voters in 1855
and the number is now $685.. while the native
born voters have increased from $500 to $500.
In st. Lawrence county the native-born voters
have increased from 13. 900 to 10000. while tho
foreign-born voters have increased from 3.40O
TO $500. the Canadians furnishing very little OF
the increase. It may be said generally that, ex-
cept in the three counties, Queens, Wcstchester.
and Richmond Staten island. which are tribu-
tary TO New York. the number of foreign-bOrn
from emigration. as rapidly as have tho native
born voters. Any danger. therefore, appre-
fsi16cidI from ths tins asu cause of abpeas wo to nave mSr.t 9eGa
not bearing out the claim made some years ago
that there was possible danger from this cause.
colored vote OF the state To be very unevenly di-
vided. There are 5000 colored voters In New
York asa city; 800 in kaiaa S ;2Go in WestGhestsr;
population OF over 10000, only sc colored voter.
travel from New York, has only 81, and HGnil-
ton county, including most OF the Adirondack
region, only Z.