Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-29
ARE HAwAIIANs MoNGoLIaNs?

Sandwich Islanders, belong. 1t wa
started by the refusal Of the count,
clerk of Salt Lake county to Issue |
marriage license TO white girl and |
Hawaiian. There was no other impedi
ment in the way except the law OF th'
State as to miscegenatlon. II was fount
on investigation that under a ruins
OF court Hawailans are classed al
Mongolians. This being the case, th,
county clerk had no other choice thar
to decline Issuing the license. lie hat
no authority to go beyond the law as
defined by judicial opinion.
For legal purposes, the ruling OF the
court viii have to stand, until II Il
changed by later decision founded on
further inquiry. which may be promot-
ed at some time by test case The
marriage law Of the State prohibits
and declares void the union OF "a ne
gro and a white person. Also OF "a
Monaghan and a white person The
V'iuVHt ihfthNiuh VI Vul lthiHltNioiE was
to prevent marriages between negroes
and white women. and between Chinese
and white women.
The term Mongollan has been fire.
quently used, In common parlance, to
signify Cinnamon and the Tartar tribes
which usually come under that appel
letion. The court, however. In taking
the subject into consideration, was
guided, doubtless, BY such chronological
information as was then available.
There are different views as to the or.
igin Of the inhabitants Of the Pacific
Islands, and some writer's have traced
It In a rather devious and remote trail
80 as to connect II with the Mongolold
nations through the Malay race. This,
however, is not at all satisfactory 10
close investigators, and is not In accord
with many of the best authorities on
racial questions.
The human family has been divided
by most writer's on the subject into five
branches or races. In popular Ian.
guage the white, yellow, black red. and
brown or copper colored varieties. A
few have limited the number to four.
Blumenbach, recognized authority,
gives the following description;
a. Caucasian, having a white skin,
90 Monaghan. having an olive skim 90
Ethiopian. having black skin and
black eyes; (D American. having a
dark skin, more or less Of rcd tint,
90 Malay, having brown or tawny
skin
Prof. Huxley, and many others, have
divided man also into five groups. has.
ing the division on linguistic as well as
physiological grounds. Surprising the
Hawaiians to be. as famed b. some
writer's, mixture Of the Malayan and
Polynesan peoples. can they be prop
erly classed with the Monaghan racer
The new American Encyclopedia has
the following definition:
Malays: One OF the great ethnologi.
cal divisions OF mankind, and In a sec.
ondary sense a race or nation inhablt.
ing the Malay peninsula and Its ada.
cent Islands and portions Of Sumatra,
Borne0 and other Islands of the East
Indian archipelago. The com
plexion OF this race Ia very uniform,
end Is always darker than the Mongo.
Han. il Is a reddish brown approachinr
the hue Of FURNISHED copper. The hair
Is raven black coarse straight and
very abundant.
Referring to the notion entertained
by few investigators, that both the
Hawaiians and the American Indians,
whom they most resemble. are to be
elassed with the Mongolians, the same
Cyclopedia has the following.
BY most writer's. however the Amer.
lean Indians are held to be distinct
race. and the term Mongolians is res
tricted chiefly 10 the following nations
The Mongols proper the MantchoOs,
Coreans, Chinese, Thbetans, Anamltes
burmese, Siamese. japanese Same.
yeds, koraks, Ouyals. Kamtchatdales
Firms Laplanders. Esquimaux and the
various tribes inhabitDg Toorklstan or
Independent Tartary, VINO are common.
~ called Tartars by Europeans though
the term Is not used by the people TO
whom IT is applied
The Encyclopedia Britannica de.
scrlbes the Hawaians as follows:
"The natives belong 10 the Malayo.
Polynesian race. Their reddish brown
skin has been compared to the hue OF
furnished copper. The hair. usually
raven black, Is straight or at most
Wayy, the beard Is thin. and face broad,
the profile not prominent. the nose rath- |
er hattened and the lips thick. The |
bulk OF the population are Of moderate
stature, but the chiefs and the women |
OF their families are remarkable for |
height"
Now let us take Blumenbach's de. |
scrption Of the Monaghan race. He |
says.
The chief characteristics are an OBJ
long skull flattened az the sides, broad |
cheek bones. low retreating forehead, |
short and broad nose. and yellowish |
complexion 1t includes the Chinese. |
Turks Tariars, lndo-Chinese, Laps,
Eskimos. etc"
In addition to these differences there
are those Of language. Philoloe.sls show
great distinctions between the Mongo-
Ian and the Malayon ana Polynesian.
There is much similarity between the
Hawaiian and the samoan and other
south Pacific Island tongues. There are
o r Indications also that the inhab-
itants OF those islands came from one