The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1900-04-20
JUNE Is
is the Date Set for Election in
Caba

WASHINGTON. APRIL 1s.-The fol-
1owin. cablegrarm was received at the
war department dtooy from Gen. Wood
at Havana:
"Cenaus returns and electoral law will
be published late this afternoon. Elec-
tlon june 18TH"
The compilation OF the Cuban census
rsturne was made in Washington under
the personal direction Of Gen. Sanger
VINO also Is In charge Of the Puerto ii-
can census The figures were dispatcl
10 Havana last Saturday.
Cen Sanger today makes public here
tho compendious results of the Cuban
census. The figures are very instructive
and In the opinion Of the war depart
meH officials fully justify the decision
or the administration TO allow municipal
suffrage ,u uba at this early state. The
officials are gratined TO find that the ma
tive Cubans constitute 50 large a portion
or the population; that the whites so
greatly outnunber the b lacks; and that
80 large n proportion Of the native popu-
lation can read and write. In their opin-
ION there seems to 0o no room for the
objection that the proposed basis OF SUI
frage would result in turning the island
over 10 the control OF Spain
yhe total population OF Cuba is 1874
797, Including si5. 2O5 males and 1852 fe-
males There are 4i7,3J2 white males and
4G2s26 white females OK native birth. The
foreign whites number 1880 males and
26. 45s females There are lit898 male ne
eroes ana i22.7i0 female negroes The
mixed races number l25,5OO males and
145.SO5 females. There are l4,694 maie
and 1853 female Chinese. The population
Of Havana city is 2359Sl. and Of the
province Of Havana, 42i. SO4 The popula-
tlon or the province OF Matanzas is 2O2,-
a. OF Pinar Del Rio, 173,O64: OF Puerto
Principe. IS. 234. OF Santa lara SO, $50, and
OF Santiago S27.7i5
OF the total population OF the island
11OS,7O9 persons are set down as single
eieSsf as married; while 1Si7s7 live to.
S5.1i2 widowed persons.
OF the total population, according tC
citizenship, 20.i7s are Spanish l,296 %
are Cubans; 1851 are In suspense; 1852
ire Of other citizenship ana GIG are un
known. The Spanish by birth numbe
1920 OF the children ten years or ag
and over 40, iif have attended school. o
the total population iiSt42G can read an
writn, and i915S have a superior educa
ton
The table on education. lcteracy an
citizenship is regarded as specially i'm
portant as forming the basis OF su1arg
about 70 be conferred. Because so man
citzenships arc still in suspense and 70
other reasons, the returns are not quit
complete, but the conclusion Is draw
that there will be at least 10000 quail
fed native Cuban voters under the pro
posed basis Of suffrage and as agalns
this there will be 55,576 spaniards who's
citizenship was In suspense when tn
census was taken, less the number VIII
half the population. Only 10 per cen
Spanish citizenship and Plus iliterat
Spaniards, not declared, who are th
owners of property. II Is not believe
that there will be any great number o
the latter classes, as the total numbe
Of illiterate Spanish males, over q year
is only 1.4&. The comparison shows
much greater preponderance OF Cuba.
voters thnn was expected There ar
1885 white adult males who were bor-
IN uba, as against 960S3 born IN Spain
6,794 born in ether countries and 127. 80
eo'ored u D 1874