Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-10-22
Preparations for the Census De-
tailed by Mr.. Atkinson.
THE INFORMATION WANTED
Will Be Embraced In Six Sche dulles.
The People of the Island Want
Their Status Fixed by Congres IS.
Whatever They GET Will Be
Satisfactory TO Them-Demand
for LabOrerS.

Atkinson of Honolulu. who has been
placed in charge of the census work for
the Hawaiian islands, will leave for
his home next Wednesday, having
] been in conference with Director Mer-
riam of the census bureau during the
past three weeks. All questions con-
cerning the taking of the census of
| the Hawaiian islands have been set
! tied, and the necessary blanks will be
printed at once.
The preparation for the Hawaiian
| census Mr.. Atkinson said today, lis
almost complete. The census will be
taken under six schedules-popula-
ton, schools. churches. fisheries, agri-
culture and the sugar industry In a
general way these schedules conform
to those that will be used in the states.
In enumerating the population there
will be no classification of 'colored'
people, but the people of the islands
will be classed as of the various
races to which they belong. The ag-
ricultural and sugar industry sched-
ules are varied to suit conditions in
the Hawaiian islands. All the blank
forms and circulars to be used in this
work will be in the English language.
so that the persons employed on the
work must understand English and the
language of the people among whom
they are to work. About 100 special
agents will be employed, and I hope
the returns will reach this city by the
end of next August. Those to be en-
ployed will be chiefly of the islands,
and they will have to understand at
least two languages. Portuguese.
Chinese, japanese and the Hawaiian
languages are the chief ones of the
islands"
Mr.. Atkinson, in speaking of the
tendency toward a mixture of the races
on the Hawaiian islands, SAID that
1872 Americans. 1,121 Englishmen and
327 Germans had married native Ha-
waiian women. according to the census
of 1896. The intermarriage of the
Chinese and Hawaiians has also been
great, 1873 Cinnamon having native
wives. 1t occasionally happens that
an American or English woman mar
ries a native, but that is rare The
mixture of the races is progressing
rapidly
The feeling of all people on the is
land toward Americans is friendly, all
other sentiment having been swept
away by annexation.
THE people there he said ''are
only desirous that congress should put
an end to the period of waiting before
we get our organic law. Whatever
congress gives US will be satisfactory
to the people. The clearer minds in
Hawaii do not expect nor wish for any
special privileges. If the United
States will give us a territorial form of
government, we will be perfectly sat-
isf1ed. Of course, we believe in the
home-rule principle in the matter OF
our appointments, but we have no ap-
prehension on that subject, as we un-
derstand President Mckinley to be in
favor of such appointments. we gov
erened ourselves under very trying
conditions. and have become accustom-
ed to managing our affairs
The sentiment in the islands, Mr..
Atkinson said. is strongly republican,
as a result of d friendliness toward
President Mckinley and the admins
tration. A majority of the people IN
the islands believe in the principles of
the republican party.
General A. S. Hartwell will shortly
come to this city from the Hawaiian
islands as the representative of the
islands to give any information con-
conditions there that may be
desired by congress or the administra-
tion during the coming winter.
The need for more agricultural labor
IN the islands is shown by the fact that
5. NJ. Damon, the minister of finance,
S now in Italy for the purpose of Sc
curing italian immigrants. He will
obtain Italians of the peasant class
rom the northern part of Italy.
Mr. Atkinson said that ex-Minister
rhurston, who is we'll known here. has
recently been very successful in sugar
speculation. He is now having a fine
-esidence built in Nuuanu valley. He
las also bought the Advertiser.
newspaper which will probably shortly
AXE a strong political stand on ques-
ions concerning the development of
he islands.