Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-11-20
THE ELECTORAL VOTE
As 1t Would Have stood in November
1902, II Il HID Been for President.

If a President had been chosen in last
weeks election the tally in the electoral
college would have stood thus: Ropubl
can, go; democrat, l5i; republican major
ity. 1s This is the resultant of the
States standing in the votes on Tuesday,
November T. 1902. The republicans would
have had more than twice as many cleo
tOral votes as tho democrats, based on
the tally for state officers or members
Of Congress. or both. In the various States
on that day coupled with the figures In
Oregon Maine and Vermont, which had
their elections for congressman and other
State officers earlier in the year
Draw a line says the St Louis Globe
Democrat, across the map of the United
States from Maryland and West Virginia
onward to California. Every State north
OF that line, comprising two-thirds of the
country's area and more than two-thirds
Of its States. of its population and of its
electoral votes, was won by the repubi-
cans, except Missouri and Nevada. The
republicans carried every State outside
Of the old solid South except Nevada, and
the vote was so close in Nevada that if
last weeks election had been a president
ia contest the republicans would prob
ably have won that State. In addition
the republicans carried Delaware. Mary
| land and West Virginia of the old slave
States. Only II States were held by the
| democrats. Thirty-one States were car
ried by the republicans. OF course, II
| the ballot was as full and free below
Mason and Dixons old line as it was
above that boundary, the republicans
would have carried two or three more
! States
To this pitful measure has the once
mighty democracy been reduced in the
| nation. The democracy lacks leaders, is
sues and votes. Without the issues it
can never get the votes. In the recent
election all the elements of the democracy
seemed to lie pulling together, out they
accomplished nothing. Cleveland Hill
and German were talking for the ticket
! in the East. Tom Johnson was talking
! and working for il in the central West
bryan was ON the stump for il in the
States on the Mssissippls sunset side
All was vain however. CleVcland's resi-
dcnce state. New Jersey which until re-
Gently was as reliably democratic as Mis-
sissippi or South Carolina rejected hi'
counsel. The State of New York, which
| gave HIM the election for governor :
years ago by the largest majority eve
rolled up for candidate for that olliC'
in any State except once or twice, disre
parded his advice. Tom L. Johnson wa
Overwhelmingly and ANONYMOUSLY over
thrown In Ohio that State casting a ia
larger majority for the republicans than
it did for its faVorte son. Mckinley, 70
President in 1909 Bryan was cast on
and repudatcd all over the West, inClud
ing his own state OF the four little min
ing States which gave him the only vote
which he received outside of the old slaV
region in l9np, every one has been won b.
the republicans except Nevada, the small
est and poorest of all Of them The i'm
nensc majority Of 81 electoral votes roll
cd up for Mckinley ard Roosevelt in l9c
would have been exceeded by 81 If Pres
ident had been chosen in the recent cleo