Mower County transcript., 1904-12-28
CANVASS OF BALLOTS CAST FOR
PRESIDENT IN RECENT ELEc-
TON COMPLETED.
SMALLER VOTE THAN IN 1900
R0OsEVELT'S MAJORITY OVER
PARKER EXCEEDS TWO AND
n 4 :.
oNE-HALF MILLION. *::@'

Chicago, Dec. 23.-The official can
vass Of the votes cast Nov. 8 for presi
Dental electors was completed Thurs
day when the result was announced IN
Minnesota, North Dakota and Wash
ington. The official vote Of all forty
i've states totals 13,50S,496 against 13,
S6S.574 in 1900 decrease of 46O,
o78.
The ballots we're divided as follows:
Roosevelt. Rep, 7,627,6S2: Parker
Dem, 5,09o.o54; Debs, Socialist, 391.
5ST; Swallow, Pro-, 260,303; Watson
Peoples Party, 114,637; Corregon
Socialist Labor, 33,453: Holcomb
Continental Labor, $50.
Roosevelt received over all 1,746,
76S, and over Parker 2,547,578.
I'm 1900 Mckinley had 467,046 more
than all the other candidates and S59,
9S4 more than Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt was 400,
S22 more than for Mckinley, while
that for Parker was 1,277,722 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 go'
more than Mckinley in the other
thirty-two states.
Parker received more votes than
Bryan in Delaware, Georgia, MISSISSIPPI
pi,, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Is
land, South Carolina and West Vir
ginia, while Bryan got more than
Parker in the remaining thirty-seven
states
Republicans Made Gains.
The Republicans made gains over
their vote of 1900 in thirty-twO states
and the official figures show losses in
thirteen, all ofzthem being Southern
states excepting Maine and New
Hampshire, in each"of which the loss
was less than 1000; The greatest
Republican loss was in~Texas and was
1888. The total gains of the Repub-
licans were 732,O48, and the total
losses 312.249; net gain, 419,799. The
heaviest Republican gain was 12S,
2S4, in Pennsylvania.
The Democrats polled more votes
in states than in 1900, but less in 81
Their total gains were 30,792; and the
total loss 1891 ,49l; net loss, 1890, ,699
The eight states In which the Demo
Gratis made gains are Delaware, Geor
gia, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New
York, Rhode Island, South Carolina
and West Virginia. The heaviest
Democratic gain was 8,747 in Massa
chusetts; the heaviest loss, l75,455, in
Illinois.
Roosevelt carried 80 states agains,
28 by Mckinley, and has 1886 elec
toral votes under the opportionmen1
OF 1900. Mckinley had 292 under the
appOrtionment of 1880, there having
been an addition OF 20 by the last al,
portionment.
Parker carried 13 states against II
by Bryan, and has 140 electoral votes
Bryan had 1853 under the apportion
ment in force in 1900
Watson. Peoples Party, received hit
largest vote in Georgia. His tota
vote was 1857. Barker polled 50,
21S IN 1900. :,
The Prohibition vote in 1900 wa.
2os.791: in November $50 1903; !; gair
Of 51,512. ~
Socialist Vote Shows Sig increase.
Foar years ago the Socialists had ar
electoral ticket in 30 states. and pollet
S7,7G9 votes. This year. they had {
ticket. in the IS states, and the 1,eb:
vote: was 391 ,5S7.
The vote Of, the Socialist Labo!
party in 1900. was 1894. This veal
it WAS 33,453, loss OF 6A91.
The Continental Labor party, ,haG
adherents only in Illinois-reallv' Chi
cago-where $50 votes were polled:
The following table shows the Off
cial vote in each: 'state9for the three
leading candidates: