The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1904-12-27

Chico go, December 22.-Ths official
canvass of the votes cast November SthI
for Presidential electors was completed
today when the result was announced
in Minnesota. North Dakota and Wash
ington. The Associated Press is there
fore able to present the first table Civ
ing the official vote of all the forty-five|
states. The total is Is, sos, 1876 against
70, 96S, ga in 1900. a decrease of 460,O7S.
The ballots were divided as follows:
RNosavelt, Republican, 1921, $50. Par
!:s-, Democrat, $3.50, O54. Debs, Socialist.
1857. Swallow, Prohibitionist, 260, 500.
Watson, Populist, 114.637. Corregan,
Social-Labor, 3,453. Holcomb, CONT
mental Labor, $50. Roosevelt received
over all 1,746, 76S and over Parker 2,547,-
57S. In 1900 Mckinley had 467, 046 more
than all the other candidates and S5S,-
SS4 more than Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt vas 409,S2-I
more than for Mckinley while that forl
Parker was 1,277,772 less han forI
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-I
ty-two states. Parker received more
votes han Bryan in Delaware, Georgia.
mississippi, New Jersey, New York,
Rhode Island, South Carolina and West
Virginia, while Bryan got more thar
Parker in the remaining thirty-sevenI
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 Republicans
were 1872, 049, and the total losses 312, 249.
net gain 419. 799. The Democrats polledI
more votes in eight states h in 1900
but less in 81. Their total gains were
80 1872 and the total losses 1921, 491. net
loss 1,260, 6S9.
Roosevelt carried 81 states against IS
by Mckinley and has 336 electoral votes
under the apportionment Of 1900. Nc
Knley had 292 under the apportiOnment
of 1880, there having been ar addition
of % by the last apportionment.
Parker carried 13 states against Il
by Bryan and has 40 electoral votes.
Bryan had 155 under the apportionment
in 1900.
Watson received his largest vote in
Georgia. the total of that state -, 634,
with 20. sos in Nebraska being nearly
one-third of his aggregate 114.637. Bar
ker polled 50,21S in 1900.
The Prohibition vote in 1900 was 20S,-
791. in November 260, SOB, a gain of 51,-
81.
Four years ago the Socialists had an
electoral ticket in 80 states and polled
81, I69 votes. This year they had a ticket
in As states and the Debs vote was $751;
5S7. In 1900 over 5000 votes were polled
in only California. Illinois, Massachu-
sets, Missouri and New York. In No
vember Debs got over 5000 in Califor-
MIA. Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas,
Massachusetts, Michigan. Minnesota.
Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New
Jersey. New York. Ohio. Oregon, Penn
~sylvania. Utah, washington and Wis
consin. the largest number 90, 225 in Illi-
nois.
The vote of the Socialist-LabOr party
in 1900 was 80, 9H.
This year it was 33,453. The Continen-
tai-Labor party had adherents only in
Enthusiastically Chicago, where $50 votes
were polled.
The following table shows the official
vote in each state for the two principal
candidates.