Daily inter mountain., 1900-04-20
Whites in Majority.

washington. April 19.-The following
cabfegram was received at the war de-
partment from General Wood at Ha-
vana:
Census returns and electoral law will
be published late this afternoon. Elec-
tion June 49,
The compilation Of the Cuban census
returns was made in Washington under
the personal direction of General San
ger, who also is in charge of the Porto
Rican census. The figures were dis
patched to Havana by mail last Satur-
day. General Sanger to-day makes pub
lie here the compendius results of the
Cuban census. The figures are very in
Structive and in the opinion of the war
department officials, fully justify the
determination of the administration to
allow municipal suffrage in Cuba at an
early date. The officials are gratified
to find that the native Cubans constitute
so large a portion of the pOpula tions.
! that the whites greatly outnumber the
blacks and that SO large a proportion Of
the native population can read and write.
/ In their opinion there seems to be no
reason for the objection that the propos-
ed basis Of suffrage would result in turn
ing the island over to the control Of
Spain.
The total population Of Cuba is 1872
1871, including S15,205 males and 757, ,592 fe-
males. There are 447.372 while males and
462926 white females Of native birth. The
foreign whites number 11576O males and
26, ,45S females. There are 1893 male
negroes and 1921 female negroes. The
mixed races number 125.5O0 males and
1852 females. The populatio of Ha-
vana city is 235,9S1 and of the province
Of Havana 424,SO4. The population Of the
province of Matanzas is 209 ,444: of Pinar
del Rio, 1906 Of Porto Principe, SS,234;
of Sanata Clara, 356,536 and Of Santiago,
327,715.
Of Tho total ,on,,1o+;oo - 49, ,,,,~7
!, los, ,70S persons are set down as single,
246,351 as married. while 131,7S7 live to-
gether by mutual consent. There are
S5,ll2 widowed persons. OF the total
population, according to citizenship, 90,
47S are Spanish, 1,296,367 are Cubans.
1881 are in suspense, 79,5 500 are of other
citizenship and GIG are unkonwn. The
Spanish by birth number 129,240. OF the
children 10 years of age and over 49,
419 have attended school. OF the total
population 443, 426 can read ani write and
1888 have superior education.
The table on citizenship and education
Is regarded as especially important as
forming the basis Of suffrage about to be
conferred Because SO many citizenships
are still In suspense and for other rea-
sons. the returns are not quite complete,
but the conclusion Is drawn that there
will be at least 100000 qualified native
Cuban voters under the proposed basis
of suffrage, and as against this there will
be 1857 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 illiterate Spaniards. not declared,
who are the owners of property. It is
not believed that there will be any great
number of the latter classes, as the total
number of illiterate Spanish males over
q years is only 17,426 This comparison
shows a much greater preponderance of
Cuban voters that was expected. There
are 1895 white adult males who were
born in Cuba, as against 96,083 born in
Spain; 6,794 born in other countries and
127, 800 colored.
The proportion of children under five
years is unusually small, but the propor-
tion under q is normal for about one-h half
the population. Only Is per cent of the
adults were married. Nearly nine-tenths
of children less than 10 years of age do
not attend school and 43 per cent above
10 years are illiterate.