The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1904-11-16
THE GREAT REPUBLICAN VICTORY.
ROOseyelpS Popular Plurality Exceeds
Two Million Votes.

Not in the history of this great Republic
has there ever occurred an election that
has so completely paralyzed and dumb
founded the opponents of the Republican
party, as the one that has just resulted in
the triumphant election of Theodore
Roosevelt to the Presidency of the United
States. There was scarcely sane person
in the land, who was honest with himself
that did not believe that the President
would win, and many had prophesied a
big majority for the Republican candi-
dates, but such an avalanche of votes as
came down on the Sth inst. had never for
a moment entered anybody's mind.
When the figures have been finally COM
puted it will be found that Roosevelt and
Fairbanks will have maj ority OF the
popular vote of the Union that will reach
far above two million. Such an unpre-
cedented majority was never before
thought of, and Will, perhaps, never again
be given candidate. In this wonderful
triumph the great Keystone State leads
all others, giving Mr.. Roosevelt the en-
ormous plurality of 494, ,525, beating the
hitherto phenomenal Mckinley plurality
by nearly 100000,
Next in line of big pluralities comes
Illinois, one of the so-called doubtful
states, with more than 295, 900 Ohio with
100000; New York, another OF the doubt
iu!s, with 174,OOO; Michigan, $4,000;
Iowa, l3O, ,OOO Wisconsin, the extremely
doubtful, with 1870, 200; Minnesota, l25, coo;
California and Kansas each with $4,000.
And then there are many other States,
such as Indiana, Massachusetts, Nebras-
ka, New Jersey. Washington, whose
plurali'ie les are scarcely below the 100000
mark. The only really close State, that
was classed among the doubtful, is Mary
land, where the Republicans elect seven
of the Electors. and the Democrats one.
Missouri for the first time in the history
of the Union is carried by the Republicans
and Republican legislature will elect a
successor to Senator Cockrell ofthat State.
AS one studies the figures and results
my hNNOhb liblC
and one is inclined to wonder what it is
that brought so great disaster upon the
Democracy. Among the causes, the first
that may be mentioned is the unbounded
confidence of the American people in
Theodore Roosevelt and the principles he
represents, as against the utter lack of
that element in Mr.. Parker and his
party leaders. The American people were
ready to accept the advice of the late Sen
ator Hanna aud "stand pat,' let well
enough alone. Not one Democrat IN three
the country oyer, even though he voted
his party ticket, wanted it to win.
In this county and Congressional dis
trict the pluralities were scarcely less
phenomenal. Roosevelt carries the coun-
ty by 9lS, while Mr.. Sibley and Mr..
Robertson have each 706 plurality. This
DISCREPANCY is largely due to errors Of
voters in marking their ballots. In fact
the county ticket suffers loss of nearly
200 votes from this cause, many voters,
marking in the square at the head of the
Republican electors, supposing by so
doing they wer3 voting the whole of the
ticket, when in fact the ballot would be
counted only for the Republican electors.
Messrs. Kreitler and Harrison also suffer-
ed heavily by these errors, yet under the
circumstances they came out with large
pluralities.
On the whole the triumph was complete
and most satisfactory to the Republican
cause, leaving nothing to wish for.