The Hawaiian gazette., 1911-08-25
CURIOUS FACTS
NOTED BY FREAR
Governor Deals With the Polyulot
Population Of
Hawaii.
tFrom Thursdny'o AdvortIsor.)

(trom ThurHdayu AdVcrtHof.)
People Of forty-eight designated
countries live in Hawaii, besides some
who were born in what Is officially
styled as "other countries" and some
who were born at sea.
Governor Frear Is now dealing with
tho matter Of population in his report
to the minister Of the interior, He TO.
ceived the last census figures yestor.
day and stated that the native-born
population of the Territory at the time
the census was taken numbered 9s,157
and the foreign-born 93,752.
"The foreiRn-bOrn are distributed
among forty-eight named countries, be.
sides at sea and 'other countries
punched together and not named"
said he.
"The Hawaiiaus and part Hawaiians,
of course, are practically all native
born.
COZ the Portuguese 1895 are ma.
tive.born, out of a total of 22,sOS Port
nguese; that is, nearly two-thirds.
Oriental Native Born.
''of the Japanese 1889 are native.
born out of a total of 1864, or in
round numbers about one-fourth.
"Of the Chinese 7l95 are native.
born out of 21,674, or about one-third.
''Of the Caucasians, other than
Spanish and Porto Ricans-if the latter
can be considered Caucasians-99l7 out
of II, 1857 are native born, or about two
thirds. OF the Spanish 357 are native.
born, of Koreans, 1862; of blacks, 90;
of mulattos, $685."
The Governor remarked that in this
connection it may be interesting to
know the relations between male citi-
zens of voting age and registered vot-
ers. OF Hawaiians and part Hawaiians
there are 9S02 male citizens of voting
age and of these nearly all, or 9619,
registered
OF the Portuguese there are 2025
male citizens of voting age and of these
1880 registered, or about three-fourths.
OF Chinese there are only about go
male citizens Of voting age of whom
1896 registered, or more than one-half.
OF Japanese there are only SO male
citizens of voting age, of whom lS reg.
istered, or about one-fourth.
Registration Neglected.
OF American, British, Germans and
others there are 57S3 male citizens of
voting age, of whom 1884, or about one.
half, registered.
's0f course, number of these may
bor hnfnra he
election and so could not register be-
cause they had not been here long
enough remarked the Governor,
'That may account for it somewhat,
but, aside from that, there is good
deal of neglect Of the duty to register,
apparently.
''Of the l4,442, the total registered
at the last election, 9619 were Hawai-
ians and part-Hawaiians; 44l4 were
Anglo-Saxons and Latins, that is, eau
casians, and 400 were orientals.
cit may be of interest to state that
in 1887, practically a quarter of cen
fury ago, which was the first year in
which persons other than Hawaiians
were permitted to vote in material num-
bers, the number of registered voters
was practically the same as it is now;
in fact. it was slightly larger, although
the population at that time was only
about $4,000 or much less than one
half what it is now.
Hawaiian Vote Unchanged.
"The Hawaiian vote has not changed
materially since, the part -Hawaiians in
creasing as fast MS the pure Hawaiians
have fallen off The difference is chief
ly in voters of other races. The large
number in 1887 as compared with the
total population was due mainly to the
difference in legal qualifications of
voters.
AT that time person could vote
if he was q resident of American or
European descent, even though he was
not a citizen. This let in many Amer
leans, British and Germans. The Amer
lean voters have since more than
doubled although, owing to the differ
ence in legal qualifications, the number
at that time would naturally be larger
than now in proportion to the Amer
lean population.
"Tbe British and German voters
have fallen off very little although
citizenship is now required. One of
the principal changes is in Portuguese
voters, the number at that time hav.
ing been 2S12, mainly because at that
election, which was the first under the
constitution of 1887, the educational
qualification was waived, thus allowing
adult Portuguese immigrants to vote
even though many of them could not
read and write. Now. however, the
Portuguese voters are confined largely
to the children of those immigrants,
who have been brought up here. and
have attended the public schools of the
Territory These have increased stead
lily from 594 in 1909 to 1880 in 1910. :,
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