The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-20
RESULTS OF CUBAN CENSUS.
WILL LEAD TO THE EARLY GRANT
ING OF SUFFRAGE.

Native Whites Constitute More Than
One-HaIf of the Islands POpula-
tion-OnIy 32 Per Cent, of the Pop
ulatiOn Are NcgrOes-TOtaI Popu-
IatiOn Is 1,572,7o7-White Adult
Males outnumber the Blacks by
More Than 10000.
Washington. April 19.-Gen. Sanger to-
day made public the compendious results
of the Cuban census taken under his di-
rection.
The figures are very instructive, and in
the opinion of the war department officials
fully justify the decision of the adminis-
tration to allow municipal suffrage in
Cuba at an early date. The officials are
gratifed to find that the native Cubana
constitutes so large "a portion of the popu-
lation that the whites so greatly outnum-
Der the blacks, and that so large a pro-
portion of the native population can read
and write. In their opinion there seems
to be no room for the objection that the
proposed basis of suffrage would result
in turning the island over 10 the control oe
Spain.
The total population Of Cuba is 1872, ,797.
including S15 2O5 males and 757, 592 females.
There are 447,372 white males and 462, ,926
white females of native birth. The for
eign whites number 1880 males and 49,
45S females. There are 111,S9S male ne
sroes and 122740 female negroes. This
mixed races number 125, 500 males and 145,-
SOS females. There are 1854 male and
l63 female Chinese.
The population of Havana city Is 235,9St
a. of In. g.F
The population of the province of Mo-
tanzas is 202. Al; of Pinar del Rio, 17306ls
of Puerto Principe So PSI; OF Santa Clara,
1856, ,536; and of Santiago, 327.715.
OF the total population of the island L.
los ,709 persons are set down as single:
2i6. 35l are married; while 7S7 live to-
gether by mutual consent. There are Sc, ,112
widowed persons
OF the total population, according to
citizenship, 20,47S are Spanish; 1895 367 are
Cuban; 1851 are In suspense; 70 .526 arc
of other citizenship and GIG are unknown
The Spanish by birth number 129,2 240. OF
the children of ten years of age and over,
49,414 have attended school. OF the total
population. 1926 can read and write,
and 1878 have,a superior education.
The Basis of Suffrage.
The table on citizenship, literacy. and
education is specially important as form
ing the basis of suffrage about to be con-
| ieIrcu. because so many cltlZenSn1pS are
| still In suspense and for other reasons, the
| returns are not quite complete, but the
| conclusion is drawn that there will be at
! least 140, coo qualified native Cuban voters
under the proposed basis of suffrage, and
| against this there will be 55,767 Spaniards
whose citizenship was in suspense when
| the census was taken, less the number
who have since declared TO preserve their
| Spanish citizenship. and plus lliterate
Spaniards, not declared, who are the
owners OF property. Tt is not believed that
| there will be any great number Of the
latter class. as the total number of illit-
crate Spanish males over 21 years is
only 1895 The comparison
shows a much greater preponderance
of Cuban voters than was expected. There
are 1877 ,S26 white adult males, who were
born in Cuba, against 81, ,OS3 born In Spain.
6,794 born in other countries, and 1880
coored.
Males are in excess in the total popula-
tion, except In Santiago though the fe-
male whites outnumber the male whites,
except in Pinar del Rio. Among the me-
groes and mixed races the females are i'm
excess, while among the foreign whites
the males are largely in excess.
The negroes are in the minority In Cuba,
constituting only 80 per cent. OF the pop-
ulation, being most numerous In Santiagos
where they constitute 43 per cent. The
native whites constitute more than ono
half the population. or 5S per cent. The
proportion of children under 5 years is
unusually small, but the proportion under
21 is normal, being about one-half the pop
uation. Only 1877 per cent. of the adults
were married. Nearly nine-tenths of ths
inhabitants were born in Cuba. Nine
tenths of the children, less than 10 years
of age, do not attend school; 43 per cent.
above 10 years, are lNerate.
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