The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1900-04-25
Condition ln Cuba
Shown by the Census.
Far Better Than In Most of
the Southern States.
TWO WHITES TO ONE NEGRO

Warrington, April 9-Gen.
Sanger today made public the com
pendious results of the Cuban census
taken under his direction. The
dguses are very instruotive, sod in
the opinion Of the war department
ofioials. fully justify the decision
Of the administration to allow muni.
Opal sufftsge in Cuba at On early
stage. The officials are grsti6e6 to
find that the native Cubans constitute
90 large . portion of the population.
that the whites 90 greatly outuumber
the blsoks and that 90 large q
proportion OF the native population
osn read end write In their opinion
there seems to be no reason for the
objection that the proposed basis of
suffrage would result il turning the
island over to the control of Spain
The total population of Cuba is l,
573H97. including 8l5.205 males
and 1871 fsmslss. There are 447.
372 white males 462,926 white
females Of native birth. The foreign
number lis 760 males and &c. .459
females There are l2l 1893 male
negroes and l22,740 female negroes
The mixed races number 125, 500
males las, ,306 females.
The population Of Hsbapa city is
235.99l and of the province of Ilaba
NJ 424,8O4
The population Of the province Of
Mataness is 202. .444 ; of Pinsr del
Rio l73. .064 Of Puerto Principe SO.
234: of Santa Clara $50. .536: and of
Santiago 327.7l5
OF the total population of the isl.
and l.l18,109 are set down az single,
246,35l as ed; while 1918
live together by mutual consent
There are S5.1l2 widowed persons
OF the total population occording
to citizenship, 20,478 are Spanish |;
l .296. 1867 are Cuban /; 1851 are
10 suspense I; 1885 are Of other
citizenship. and clio are unknown
The Spanish by birth number l29.
240 OF the children of 10 years
Of sge and over 49.4l4 hsve attended
school Of the total population
443 426 can read and write and 49,.
1853 have superior education
The table on citizenship, literacy
and education is specially important
- forming the bssis Of suffrage
about to be conferred Because 90
many citisenships are still in sue.
pense. and for other reasons, the
Isturns are not quite complete, but
the conclusion 10 drawn that there
will be at lesst $4,000 qualified No
tive Cuban voters under the propos
Cd basis Of suffrage. aud against this
there will be 55.767 spaniards whose
citisensbip ives in suspense when
the oensus wee taken. lees the NOM
Der who have since declared II
preserve their Spsnish citizensbip.
and plus illiterats Spanisrds, not de
clared Who are the owners of prop
erty ls 10 not believed that there
will be any great number Of the
latter class. 90 the total number of
illiterste Spanish males over FL 10
only II. .426 The comparison shows
. much grsster prepondersnoe of
Cubsp voters then was expected.
There ere 1877 1928 white sduIt males
who we're born in Osba % sgsinst
90, ,083 born In Spsin (; 6.794 born in
other countries and l27. 300 colored.
4sles ere In excess in the total
population. except in Santiago,
though the female whites outnumber
the msls whites. except in Piasr del
Rio. Among the negroes and mixed
races the females ere 10 excess {;
While among the foreign whites the
males are largely in excess
The negroes are in the minority
10 Cube. constituting only 81 per
cent Of the population, being The
most numerous 10 Santiago. where
they constitute 43 per cent The
native whites constitute more than
one'hslf the population. or So per
cent. The proportion Of children
under 5 years 10 unusually small.
but' the proportion under 81 10 nor.
nal about one half of the popula.
tion Only l57 per cent of adults
we're married Nearly nine. tenths
OF the inhsbltsn,s we're born in
Cubs. Nine.tenths of the children
lees than 10 years Of ago do not
attend school 43 per cent sbove 10
years are literate.