Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-11-09
Parker's Poor Showing in the City.

The Baltimore city vote complete Is:
Roosevelt 47494; Parker, 1876; Swallow.
723; Debs, 1,453. Parker's plurality, 4S2.
Total vote in Baltimore, 97,646.
The poor showing made by Judge Parker
in the city is a surprise to those demo-
Gratis who were waiting for landslide. 1t
is true that he has gained back enough gold
democrats who. in 1900, voted for Mckinley,
to give him the city by trifiing plurality.
but where is the majority running into
thousands which the democratic chairman
had claimed for him? AS matter of fact.
Judge Parker has carried the city only
because of a greatly reduced vote. The
democratic ballot law has greatly reduced
the vote cast In this city, as compared with
that of 1900 In some wards this reduction
is startling. In the third ward, for illus
tration, the democrats lost 600 and the re-
publicans 800 votes as compared with 1900.
In the fourth ward. which was swept by
the February fire, the republicans lost ! 600
and the democrats 500 votes
Mr.. Mudd received larger vote in the
city than was given him two years ago.
Return of Gold Democrats.
The general return of the gold democrats
to their party is indicated by the vote in
the eleventh. twelfth and fourteenth wards,
where the gold democrats four years ago
lived in largest numbers. In the eleventh
ward, which comprises the Charles street
,
Judge Parker received 1920 votes, as
against 1857 cast for Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Roosevelt received 1886 votes in the
ward. while Mr.. Mckinley polled 2,347.
There is difference of nearly 1000 votes
between the figures Of 1900 and of yester-
day.
II other wards of the city Judge Parker
has shown marked increase over the vote
cast for Mr. Bryan but still the increase
is far short of democratic expectations and
Mr.. Bryan's friends can reasonably claim
that he has lost nothing by the result in
this city
2.549 votes. against 2.357 for Mr.. Bryan.
Mr.. Roosevelt received nearly $40 votes less
in the ward than did Mr.. Mckinley.
In the fourteenth ward Mr.. Mckinley
Roosevelt. Judge Parker, however, re-
ceived only 100 more votes than did Mr..
Bryan.
Mr.. Roosevelt received 379 more votes in
this ward than did Mr.. Smith, the repub-
lican candidate for Congress, who lost the
ward by two votes. Mr.. Roosevelts ma
tority over Judge Parker in the ward was
379.
In the tenth ward. which is one of the
strongest democratic wards in the city,
Senator ellis vote Is 351 short of that of
Judge Parker. indicating either of two
things. that Mr.. Gill was cut or that the
democratic illiterates contented themselves
with marking for the presidential candi-
date only. In fact this rule was observed
by illiterates Of both parties throughout
the city.
comparison of the vote for Mr.. Roose-
welt and for the republican candidates for
Congress shows wide discrepancy that
cannot be accounted for In any other man
ner The same discrepancy is observable
in the democratic presidential and congress
sional figures.
The large size OF the socialist vote was a
surprise.
By Associated Press
Maryland Democrats Dazed.
BALTIMORE, Md, November 9-Though
the official returns are not all in there is
now no doubt that Maryland has gone re-
publican by plurality of about 1900, with
three and probably four of the republican
congressional candidates elected This re-
suit is almost as great a surprise to the
republicans as to the democrats, as the
state had been practically conceded to the
democrats by all except a few sangune
leaders, among whom was State Chairman
Hanna. who was persistent In the view that
Roosevelt would carry the state
1t Is admitted that thousands of demo-
Gratis belonging to what was called the
silent vote" cast their ballots for Roose-
Welt and Fairbanks Representative Frank
c. Wachter. who was reelected In the third
district by a majority of over 100 also
received large number OF democratic
votes.
Colored Voters Not Troubled.
The expectation that the illiterate colored
voters would have dif1culty In voting with
out spelling their ballots was not realized
The result showed that these voters had