The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-26

W dHllIR NDls app II p'i' ''"" p -
has made public the results Of the Gu
ban census taken under his direction.
The figures are very instructive, and
in the opinion of the war department
officials fully justify the decision OF the
administration TO allow municipal SUI
frage ia Cuba on June l6.
TotaI Population I.5=2,7D7
The total population of Cuba Is
1572, 797, including 8lj,205 males ana
1852 females. There are 447.372
white males and 462, 926 white females
e. native birth. The foreign whites
number $500 males and 26,4j8 fe-
mules. There are II 1913 male negroes
ard 1910 female negroes. The
m'Nrd races number i2j,5U0 males and
"A. .3G5 females. There are 1854 male
AMI lG3 female Chinese. The popula-
ton of Havana city is 235.9Sl, and of
the province Of Havana, 424,S0f The
population of the province Of Matan-
zas is 2O2.44f; of Pinar eel Rio, 173
OG4; OF Puerto Principe, 1924; Of
San "a Clara, 3j6,53G, and Of Santiago,
32I715. or the total population of the
island, l.1Os,709 persons are set down
as single, 2fG351 as married, while
13t 1877 live together by mutual con
sent There are s5,1l2 widowed per
sons.
Natives Predominant.
or the total population, according
to citizenship, 2D,17S are Spanish,
! 200, 3G7 are Cubans. 1881 are in sus-
pense; 7g.j2G are Of other citizenship,
and GiG are unknown. The Spanish
u" birth number 1920. OF the chill
drcn ten years of age and over, 40,4l4
have attended school. OF the total
population, 443. 42G can read and write,
and i9,15S have n superior education
The Suffrage Question.
The table on citizenship, ilIitcracy
and education is regarded as specially
important as forming the basis of suf-
frage about to bc conferred. Because
10 many citizenships are still in sus-
pcnsc, and for other reasons the re
turns are not quite complete, but the
conclusion is drawn that there will
be AZ least $40 900 qualified native Gu
ban voters under the proposed basis
of suffrage, and as against this there
will be jj,767 Spaniards whose citizen
saip was in suspense when the census
was taken less the number who have
since declared to preserve their Span
ish citizenship, and plus illterate
Spaniards. not declared who are the
owners of property. 1t is not believed
that there will be any great number
Of the latter classes, MS the total mum
Der Of illitcratc Spanish males over 81
years is only 17a2G. The comparison
shows "A much greater prcpondcraucc
OF Cuban voters than was expected.
There are 1877. s25 white adult males
who were born in Cuba, AS against Co.
Os3 born in Spain, G,70i born in other
countries, and l27.30O colorcd.
Negroes in the Minority.
The negroes are IN the minority in
Cuba, constituting only 30 per cent, 81
the population, being most numerous
in Santiago, where they constitute 43
per cent The native whites consti-
tutc more than ouc-half the popula-
tion, or % per cent The proportion
Of children under five years is unusual
~ small but the proportion under II
is normal about one half the popula.
ton. Only 10 per cent Of the adults
were married. Nearly ninc-tcnths Of
the inhabitants were born in Cuba.
Niuc-tcuths OF the children less than
ten years of age do not attend school,
aud 80 per cent. above ten years are
lltcratc.