The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-12
REPUBLICAN LAMDSLL DE
National Ticket Has Greatest Number Of
Electoral Votes as Well as Great
est Popular Majority
Ever Given.

New York, Nov 9.-The Republican
national ticket has been elected by a
vote in the electoral college that will
ecxeed that of 800 given for Mckinley
in 1900.
The result of yesterdays balloting
was astounding even to the most san
guine of the Republican managers.
Confident as they were of success, they
were not prepared for the figures which
followed the closing of the polls, bring
ing into the Republican column not
only all Of those states they had claim
ed as sure for their candidates, but,
with the possible exception Of Mary
land, every state classed as doubtful.
Democratic successes are confined to
the South, in which Kentucky is in
cluded, and Mr.. Parker has not car
ried single state which did not give
| its vote for Mr.. Bryan four years ago.
Unofficial returns indicate that he has
lost some of these which the Nebraska
candidate held for his party.
| The following states, according to
| tu0 IcUuIu6 dU Cu1S uOuA, WCAO OoAAACO
by Roosevelt and Fairbanks:
Colorado, California, Connecticut,
Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana.
Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Mas
sachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon
tana, New Jersey, Nebraska, New
Hampshire, Nevada, New York. North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah.
Vermont, West Virginia, Washington,
| Wisconsin, Wyoming.
The following states cast their votes
for Judge Parker:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Geor-
gia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi,
MISSOURI, North arolina, South Car
DINA, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia.
Announcement a Sensation.
As dramatic climax to the sensa-
tional majorities given him came Pres
ident Roosevelt's formal announcement
that he would not be a candidate for
reelection, lending the only exciting
aspect to an election night otherwise
so one-sided that it was impossib BILE for
even the victors to attain that degree
of enthusiasm that usually marks the
occasion.
Late in the night came the announce
ment from M g. Pallise, manager of
the campaign for Thomas E. Watson.
candidate Of the Peoples party, that
as result of the overwhelming Demo
cratic defeat steps would be taken to
form new party. To this end, &C.
cording to the announcement given out
Mr.. Watson and William r. Hearst
will hold a conference in New York in
about week g time.
The period of suspense which fol-
lowed the closing Of the polls was not
prolonged. In no election in recent
years has the result been definitely
known so soon. Hardly had the sun
gone down when the results in New
York began to appear. Bulletin fol-
lowed bulletin, each showing large
Republican gains, and by o clock it
was evident that the great Empire
state had given the Republican candi.
dates majority beyond the predictions
of the party managers.
Offer No Explanation.
As state after state sent in its Repub-
lican majority and the wires told the
tale of the ballots, bringing even from
those commonwealth upon which they
had based their figures of Democratic
success, they frankly conceded defeat
and offered no explanation. Soon af.
ter Mr.. Belmont Submission Judge Par
ker acknowledged the situation by tel
egraphing President Roosevelt his con-
gratulations.
The perfect weather conditions
whic b prevailed over practically the
entire country brought out a vote
which experienced politicians predict
ed would be record breaker
Pennsylvania heads the list as the
banner Republican state with the
great plurality of 1875, 900; New York
comes next with $4,000. The ma
jority in Illinois will be about the
same as in New York, while in Iowa
the majority for Roosevelt will be in
the neighborhood of 1875, 900.
While on the national ticket the
Democrats have suffered a crushing
defeat, they have retrieved themselves
on some state tickets. They have re-
versed the national vote by electing
governors in Massac husetts, Minnesota,
Colorado. Nebraska and possibly West
Virginia. Montana also elects Dem
ocratic governor
3+3 ELECTORAL VOTES