The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-12-29
OFFICIAL CANVASS
Of Votes Cast in Election for
President Last November,
ANALYSIS OF FIGURES
President Rooseve!t's Majority Over
Parker is '2,547 ,573 and Over the
Candidates Combined at To-
tai Of 1,748,763.

A Chicago. dispatch says: The off,
cial canvas of the votes cast Novem.
Der s for presidential. electors was
completed Thursday when the result
was announced in Minnesota, North
Dakota and Washington.
The following figures show the
Official vote of all the forty-fve states.
The total is 13,5OS,496 against 1885,.
574 in 1904 decrease of 46O,O7S.
The ballots were divided as follows:
Roosevelt, republican. ...7627, ,632
Parker, democrat. .........5,080,054
Debs, socialist. ..... ...... 391,5S7
Swallow, prohibition. ...... 260,303
Watson, peoples. ...... .. 114,637
Corregan, socialist-labor ....i 33,453
Holcomb, continental labor. 49,, $50
Roosevelt received majority over
all Of 1,746,76S, and a plurality over
Parker Of 2,547,57S. In 1900 McKin.
ley had 467,046 more than all the 9th.
er candidates and S59,9S4 more than
Bryan. .........,,
The vote for Roosevelt was 409,S2s
more than for Mckinley, while that of
Parker was 1.277,772 less than for
Bryan.
Mckinley polled more votes than
Roosevelt in Alabama, Georgia, Ken.
lucky, Louisiana, Maine ). Maryland,
Mississippi, New Hampshire, North
Carolina. South Carolina Tennessee,
Texas and Virginia. Roosevelt got
more than Mckinley in the other thir-
ty-two states. =
Parker received more votes than
Bryan in Delaware, Georgia, Mississip-
pi, New Jersey, New York. Rhode
Island, South Carolina and West Vir-
ginia, while Bryan got more than
Parker in the ramaining thirty-ssven
states.
The republicans made gains over
their vote of 1900 In 80 states and
the official figures show losses in thir-
teen. ..~.s..
The tota; gains Of the republicans
732,048, and the total losses "12,249.
net gain 429,799.
The democrats polled more votes IN
eight states than in 1900 but less in
thirty-seven. Their total gains were
s0,792, and the total losses 1,291.49i;
net loss 1,2eo,69a.
Roosevelt carried thirty-two states.
against twenty-eight by Mckinley, and
has 336 electoral votes under the AZ.
portionment Of 1900. Mckinley had
2s2 under the apportionment OF 1880
there having been an addition OF tWen-
ty-nine by the last apportionmens.
Parker carried thirteen states
against seventeen by Bryan, and has
140 electoral votes. Bryan had l55 un-
der the apportionment in force IN
1900.
Watson received his largest vote N
Georgia, the total Of that state, q
GA, with 2O,5OS in Nebraska being
nearly one-third of his aggregate 49,.
667. Barker polled 50,21S in 1900.
The prohibition vote in 1900 was :oS,-
1911: in November 26o,So3; a gaia ct
51,512.
Four years ago the socialists had an
electoral ticket in thirty-two states
and polled S7,76s votes. This year
they had ticket in the forsyhte
states and the Debs vote was 39l'osi.
In 1900 over 5000 votes were po1ed N
only Gallo 'ornia, Illinois, Masssacnu'
setts Missouri and New York. In NO
yember Debs got over 5000 in Callior'
mia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas
Massachusetts,, Michigan, Minnesota
Missouri Montana, Nebraska, New
Jersey New York, Ohio. Oregon, l'enn'
sevlvania Utah, Washington AID WIS
consin, the largest number Ss'5zo IN
Illinois.
The vote Of the socialist labor par.
~ in 1900 was 1884. This year 1t
was 3S,453, loss Of 6,4sl. .r