Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-12-27
RooseveIt's Plurality is 2,547,57s and
His Majority Is 1,746, 7es-Debs, So
cialist, Was Third Candidate With
391,57e.
OFFICIAL Vote for President.

The completion of the official count
Of the ballots cast in every state at the
presidential election Novem Der shows
that Roosevelt received over all other
candidates for president 1,746,768, and
over Parker 2,547,578. In 1900 McKin-
ley had 467,046 more than all the other
candidates, and S59,9S4 more than
Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt was 409,822
more than for Mckinley, while that for
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, Missis-
sippf, New Jersey, New York, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, and West Vir-
ginia, while Bryan got more than
Parker in the remaining thirty:seven
states.
Republicans Gain In Thirty-TWo States
The republicans made gains over
their vote of 1900 in thirty-two states,
and the official figures show losses in
thirteen. The total gains of the re-
publicans were 732,o4s, and the total
losses 312,249; net gain, 419,799.
The democrats polled more votes in
eight states than in 1900, but less in
thirty-seven. Their total gains were
30,792 and the total losses 1921 ,491;
net loss 1,260,699.
Roosevelt carried thirty-two states
against twenty-eight by Mckinley, and
has 1886 electoral votes under the ap-
portionment OF 1900. Mckinley had
292 under the apportionment of 1880,
there having been an addition of TWEEN
ty-nine by the last apportionment.
Parker carried thirteen states,
against seventeen by Bryan, and has
140 electoral votes Bryan had l55
under the apportionment in force in
1900.
| Watson received his largest vote in
Georgia, the total Of that state, 1854,
with 20,50S in Nebraska, being nearly
one-third of his aggregate, 114,637.
Barker polled 50,21S in 1900.
| The prohibition vote in 1900 was
20S,791; in November, 2eO,3O3, a gain
of 51,512.
Four years ago the socialists had
! an electoral ticket in thirty-twoT states
and polled 87,769 votes. This year they
had ticket in forty-fve states, and
the Debs vote was 1857. In 1900
over 5000 votes were polled in only
California, Illinois, Massachusetts,, Mis-
souri, and New York In November
Debs got over 5000 in California, Hi
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachu-
setts,, Michigan. Minnesota, Missouri
| Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Utah, Washington. and Wisconsin
| the largest number, 1925, in Illinois
| The vote of the socialist labor party
in 1900 was 1894. This year it was
33,453 "a loss of 6,49D in these
states:
Colorado s35; Connecticut. SIS; IL
linois, 1893; Indiana, 1893; Kentucky
500; Massachusetts, 1859; Michigan
sI1,O12; Minnesota, 974: Missouri, 1875;
/ New Jersey, 1850; New York, 9,127;
Ohio, 1888; PENNSYLVANIA, 2,211;
Rhode Island 4SS; Texas. 421; Vir
ginia, Sc; Washington, 1892; Wiscon
sin, 223.
The Continental Labor party had adj
herents only in Enthusiastically Chi
cago, where $50 votes were polled.
j The following table shows the gains
/ and losses of the two parties named in
the different states, compared with the
vote Of 1900:
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