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Year | Amount in | Per capita
| circulation | circulation
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| Pesos |
| |
1913 | 50,697,253 | 5.53
1914 | 52,575,118 | 5.63
1915 | 51,284,907 | 5.40
1916 | 67,059,189 | 6.86
1917 | 102,580,314 | 10.20
1918 | 131,151,883 | 12.67
1919 | 146,576,956 | 13.87
1920 | 124,589,240 | 11.56
1921 | 103,661,820 | 10.01
1922 | 97,217,468 | 9.03
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ELECTORS.--The total number of electors registered in the election
of June 3, 1919, was 717,295 and the votes cast was 672,722,
which is a very fine percentage when compared to the interest in
elections shown in other countries. In the elections of 1912, 248,154
voters registered, of which 235,786 voted. Of the number of voters
registered in 1919, 407,346 possessed educational qualifications,
while only 81,916 were educationally qualified in 1912. It should
be noted that the Philippine voters must have either property or
educational qualifications, so that these figures show the progress
of the people in political matters and in education in general during
the last few years. In the elections of June, 1922, there were 824,058
voters registered.
The minority party has always accepted the decision of the majority,
unless it thinks that the election has been vitiated by some
illegal act, in which case it takes the matter up with the courts
for decision. The practice of revolutionary countries where defeated
minorities take the law in their own hands or use violence against
the triumphant party, or utilize every other means to hinder the
working of the government, has never been resorted to in the Islands.