New-York tribune., 1900-04-20
THE CENSUS OF CUBA.
FIGURES REGARDED AS JUSTIFYISG
THE DECISION TO ALLOW MUNICH
PAL SUFFRAGE ELEC-

TIONS JUNE 16.

Washington. April 19.-Gereral Sanger TODAY
made public the results of the Cuhan census taken
under hts direction. The figures instructive
and. in the opinion OF the War Department on
cials fully Justify the decision of the Admlnstra
tion to allow municipal suffrage in Cuba at this
early stage The officials gratihed 70 find thar
the native Cuhans constitute large portion o,
the population. that the whites so greatly out
number the blacks. and that so large proportion
os the native population read and write. In
their opinion there seems 20 be ground for tia
objection that the proposed basis of suffrage would
result in turning the island the control o.
Spain.
The total population of Cuba Is 15727y7 includinv
s15.a5 males and 49, 592 females There are AZ a.
white males and 1879 white females OF NATIVE
birth. The foreign whites number 1880 males and
2640S females. There III SIS and I2 IN
female negrJes. The mixed races number rs 5o
males and 1896 females. There are 1894 male and
lS3 female Chirese The population Of Havana ci,,
Is 2}5.9l, and OF che Province Of Havana E4s4
The population of the Province of Matanzas IL 20
iii of Pnar del Rio. 17sOsi OF Puerto Principe q
22i; of Santa Clara. 1856 and OF Santiago a7 75
OF the total population of the island IlOs7os per-
sons are set down as single and 246.35l as marrs+
while 13l ISL live together by rnutuaLconsent Tber
s.. 112 widowed persons
OF the total population. according to citzenzhio
2o,iTS Spanish 1.296367 Cuban I75 81 are 4,
suspense. 1885 are of other citizenship and ss
1920 OF the children zen ycors OF age and ovs-
49.f14 have attended school OF total population
4is. 42s read and write and 1873 have superior
educa ton.
The table on citizenship. Hteracy and education
Is regarded as especially important. as forming the
basis Of suffrage about be conferred. Because
so many citizenships still In suspense and for
other reasons the returns not plete but the
conclusion is drawn that there will beat least 10 600
qualified native Cuban voters under the proposed
basis of suffrage and against this there VIII be
$3.50 Spaniards whose citizenship in suspense
when the census taken. less the number who
have since declared their intention TO preserve
their Spanish citizenship. and plus illterate Span
iards. declared. who the owners Of prop
erty. II is not believed that there will ne any
great number of the latter class the total num-
Der of illiterate Spanish males twenty-one Is
Ii 426.
The comparison shows a much greater prepO1-
derance of Cuban voters than was expected There
1885 white adult males who were born IN
Cuba against 81. .0S3 born in SPAIN 6794 born in
other countries, and 127 SOC colored-
The following cable dispatch received at the
War Department to-day from General Wood az
Havana:
Census returns and Electoral law viii be pub
lished late this afternoon Election June Is
The date set for the Cuban elections is six weeks
later than Originally contemplated. the post
ponement being made account of the impossible
ity of proceeding without census figures a
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