Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-12-16
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The total vote for Debs. Socialist
was 39e.s57; for Swallow. Prohibitions
list. 24s.411; for Watson. Populist. IA
ISL: and for Corregan. Social Labor
a3.519. This makes the total popular
vote 13533.619. Roosevelts plurality
10 2.546.66s. In the electoral college
Roosevelt will have 1916 votes ana
Parker 40. In only one state is there
a divided electoral vote, aud that rs
MARYLAND where Roosevelt has one
.lector and Parker seven. One Re-
publican eiector received the largest
vote. as shown by the, table above.
The more the figures are studied the
more impressive becomes the unprece-
dented and overwhelming Republican
victory of November s. 1t was gener.
ally believed that Roosevelt would win
an easy victesy and SOME optimistic
Republicans Vet the. electoFal: majoIdtY
as large as 1t proves to be, but nobody
dreamed that ROosevelt's po11lat plu-
ra,ity would be over two and Il half mil
lions. or half that number. Even those
who boldly talked Landslide" did not
imagine that Roosevelt would carry 10
states by pluralities Of over 100000
each, or that Is states would each give
him more than twice as many votes as
were cast In 1t for Parker. The most
discouraged and disguised Democrat
did not think for a moment that Park
er's total vote would be over a million
less than that cast for Bryan in 1900.
One interesting thing shown by the
table Is the decrease in the total popu-
lar vote from that of the past two cleo
lions. According to this table the to-
tai vote in 1904 was 13,533.619. falling
off of $4,000 from the total vote Of
1890, which was f3a6I. s66. and a fall
ing of OF 1916, 900 from the total vote OF
1896, which was ls.ses.s7s. This de-
cline was registered in spite of the fact
that an increased vote was cast in all
of the doubtful states'-70,000 more
votes in New York. $4,000 more in New
Jersey. 5000 more in Connecticut
1900 more In Indiana: although ever
Pennsylvania cast nearly $4,000 more
votes than 1t did four years ago. and
although the Pacific Coast states In
creased their total vote. Washington b!
almost one-third. The significant de
creases were recorded in the southern
states and In the states OF the centra
West. There was a huge stay-at
home vote. most OF II nominally Demo
cratic. Roosevelt's plurality OF e.5+s.
40 was secured through total Re
publican vote $4,000 greater than Nc
Kiniey's and a total Democratic vot
I.esl.oOo less than Bryan's. The New
York Maitland Express concludes from
these figures that the elections Of iss
and 1909 with their tremendous popu
lar interest set a high-wate: mark 70
the vote that was not soon To b
passed. Between 1899 and 1896 the to
tai vote jumped 100000. anticipating
the normal increase Of several quad
rennial periOds- The increase Il
population since 1896 has been NOR
than balanced by the restrictive iegis
lation which has eliminated the negc
a. a voter In the Southern states am
al the same time lessened the necessit.
Of the white mans polling his full
strength.
As mentioned above. the table show
Is states in each Of which Roosevelt
beat Parker by more than two to one
These states are California. Idaho
Inwa. Kansas. Maine. Michigan. Min
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