Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-20
TIL CUBAN CENSUS
Results Of the Recent Enumeration
In Cuba Made Public at
Washington.
White Population Found to Out
number the Colored-Native
Cubans Predominant.
Total Number Of Inhabitants ! ,572,.
797-l lliteracy Smaller Than
Anticipated

| Washington. April 20. The compila-
l5tion of the Cuban census returns
which was made in Washington under
mas been made pubic. Til figures arc
Very instructive and in the opinion of
I the war department officials fully jus
fifty the decision of the administration
to allow municipal suffrage in Cuba at
this early stage. The officials are
grarified TO find that the native Cubans
constitute SO large a proportion of the:
|spopulation: that the whites SO greatly
outnumber the blacks, ana that So
large Il proportion of The native popu-
lation can read and write. In their
opinion tilere seems To be no room for
lthe objection that the proposed basis
of tiffrags would result in turning the
lisiand over to the controlgof Spain.
The total population OF Cuba S ,.,1...
7aI, including Sl5.2Q5 males and T5I.59o
females. There are ...',T12 whit males
isand i62,326 white females OF native
birth. The foreign whites number 11a.-s
lI6onlaies ind 2s.iaS females There are
lll.S9S Inale negroes md l22ee.II40 female
negroes The niXedsraees number l25,-
Zoo males ard 14S.3p5 females. There
hare 1855 male and l6S female Chinese.
The population of Havana city is 2a5,-
,9sl and of the province OF Havana i24,
500. The population o. th,A province Of
Alatan2as is 2o2.4 a+ of Pinal del Rio
l73064; Of Puerto Principe. SS,a54;; Of
Santa Clara, SS5s.5336 and of Santiago.
SS2277.7l:,
OF the total population of the island
| 1.l0S,7o9 persons ARE set down as siil-i
gle, aa46S51 as married; while l3l.T7S1
! live together by mutual consent. There
are S5.lis widowed persons
OF tine total population, according To-
citizenship. 2o,41s are Spanish ',a96.
90 are 'ubans;; l15,sii are IN suspense;
.a,526 are of other citizenship and 6lG
are unknown. The Spanish by birth
number ] 2s.240 OF the children 105years
Iof age and over. 4s.Ai4 have attended
sehobi OF the total population. i4S,42d
lscan read and write and is,l5S have a
Superior educa ton.
The table on citizenship, Hteraey am.
sdueation is regarded as specially in. 8
I9oftant.s as forming the basis of sllf-
:la2e about 70 be conferred. Betauses
so many citizenships are still In sus
Eea.se and for other reasons. the re
turns; are not quits complete, but tiis
i5ccnelusinn Is drawn hat there Will be-
at least 100000 qualified native cuban
voters under the proposed basis of suf-s
Efrage and as against this there will be
I55.s5. Spaniards. whose citizenship was
! in sls'pense when the census Was taken
less the rumber " no have since declared
lto preserve their spanish citieizship
lans. plus iilitefate spapiartis. not de-
i.ciarea, who ais tils owners Of property
| Tits not beliaXed there VIII be any great
number Of tie latter classes as tiie&to-
ftal number %, iiliterate Spanish males
over Il sea rs,@s only I1.426 The COM
pa..ison siloNs a much greater prepon-
derance of Cuban voters Than was ex-
Ipected. There are 1885 white aGui;
maies who We're born in Cuba, as
against 9s.oS3 born In Spain; 6,is4 born
| in other countries. and lee71,3eO colored
Tbs tables. which are tosbe published
in this country and in
Cuba, while in the nature of il eofnpen-
if,infsl, really contain much detailed in-s
| formation ofinteres S. To the character.
LET the population. For instance, it is
SION n lflaI EflliieS are III excess IN the
Total population, except IN Santiago,
tho the fesnaie whites oltnumber the.
1male whites, except i'll Pinar del Rio.
Among the negroes and mixed races.
lthe females are in excess: while among.
the foreign whites the males are largely
4 in excess.
The negroes are in the minority in
cuba, constituting only 50 per cent OF
1.-The population being most numerous in
Il Santiago, where they constitute as per
cent. The native wilitas constitute
more than one-haif the population, or
Il IS per cent. The proportion Of children
4 under > years is unusually small. but
4 tbs proportion Under q years is normal,
/ 3about ofae-half the population. Only Is
a Ner cent OF the adults are nlarried.
i NsatlH nirie-tenths of the inhabitants
4 were born in Cuba. Nine-tenths of the
lsehilaren less than j years of age do not
4 attend school and 40 per cent above 10
years are lterate.
4 SOUTH SOLID FOR BRYAN.