The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-03-15


rights of American citizens even il
they desired to do So The numbers
of birth certificates issued to males
to date are as follows: Chinese 456
adults, 1910 minors, a total of 1896,
of whom about two per cent are
adults, eight per cent between ten
and twenty-one years of age, ant
ninety per cent under ten years; Jap
anese, seventeen adults, 370S minors,
a total of 1925, of whom about half
of one per cent are adults, six per
cent between ten and twenty-one
years and ninety-three and a half per
cent under ten years. 1t is impos-
sible to say what percentage of these
are among those who have left the
Territory but it is estimated that it
is not less than twenty-five per cent
of the Chinese and sixty per cent Of
the Japanese.
Perhaps more important still are
the figures relating to the Japanese
and Chinese males of voting age who
may have the right to vote and those
born here who are to come to such
age during the next decade or so.
At the last census, in 1910, there
were only go Chinese males of voting
age who were American citizens, in
Guiding a number who were natural
lied under the monarchy; of these,
only 1876 registered to vote, and o.
the remainder some were probably
disqualified for various reasons. The
number of registered Chinese voters
has increased gradually from l43 in
1902 to. 1876 in 1910. If none of the
IChinese in the Territory who are
American citizens, whether above or
below the voting age, die or leave
the Territory and are otherwise quail
fed, the number of possible Chinese
voters will be as follows; in 1872,
S33; in 1913, $685. in 1914, 1913; in
1915, 1917; in 1916, 1899; in 1928,
25OO.
At the last census there were only
ffty-three japanese males in the Ter
ritory who were American citizens o,
voting age; of these, only thirteen
REGISTERED to vote, and of the remain
der some may have been disqualified
for various reasons. The number OF
registered Japanese voters has in
creaed from three in 1902 to thirteen
in 1910. If none of the Japanese III
the Territory who are American cltl-
zens. whether above or below the vot-
ing age, die or leave the Territory
and are otherwise qualified, the num-
Der of possible Japanese voters VIII
be as follows: in 1912, 1923; IN 1919
2O7; in 1914, 289; in 1915, 1884; IN
1916. 523; in 1928, 2676.
At the last census, there were in
the Territory 1850 male citizens OF
voting age other than Japanese and
Chinese; of these, 1908 registered
to vote, and of the remainder some
of course were disqualified for vari-
GUS reasons. The number of such
registered voters has increaed from
~ 466 in 1902 to 14033 IN 1910. If
none of the citizens other than Jap
anese and Chinese, whether above or
below the voting age, die or leave the
Territory and are otherwise qualified,
the number of possible voters other
than Japanese and Chinese, eXclu-
sive of new corners, will be as fol
lows in 1912, 1891; in 1913, 1905;
in 1914, 2O,425; in 1915 21.129; in
I1916, 21,SSS; in 1928 27,2S9.
Asiatlcs Cannot NaturaIize.
Thus in 1910, the registered vot-
ers were: Japanese, 10; Chinese
396; others, 1903; and the possible
voters, so far as citizenship, sex and
age are concerned, were: Japanese,
SO: Chinese, go; others, 1850; and
in 1928, or thirteen years after the
I last census. the possible voters, bar
ring deaths, departures, arrivals and
disuualifcations for various reasons
will be- Chinese, 2500i Japanese
2676; others, 81, 29S. The losses from
deaths and disqualification may not
vary much in percentage among these
three classes. The losses from de-
partures will be greatest among the
Japanese and next among the Chin
csc, while the gain from arrivals will
be greatest among the others, Japan
ese and Chinese cannot be naturaliz
/ ed. Their numbers as given above
can be increased only by the return
of those born in Hawaii and absent
when the last census was taken
while the numbers of others will be
/ increased materially by arrivals OF