The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1904-12-30
CANVASS Of VOTE
ISN0W Complete
INTERESTING STATEMENT OF
RESULT OF BA1LoTINa AT
RECENT ELECTION.
Roosevelt Has 1,746, 1888 Votes Over
All Candidates, and 2,547,o7s
More Than Parker - Interesting
Analysis Of the Vote.

Chicago, Dec. 23.-The official can
vass Of the votes cast November for
presidential electors was completed
Thursday, when the result was an
nounced in Minnesota, North Dakota
and Washington. The total vote cast
was 13,50S,496, against 13,96S,574 in
1900, a decrease Of 46OO78. The ballots
were divided as follows:
Roosevelt, republican, 1927 ,632.
Parker, democrat, 5,08O,054.
.Debs, socialist, 391 ,5S7.
Swallow prohibitionist, 260,3O3.
Watson, peoples, 114,637.
Corregon, socialist labor, 81, 453.
Holcomb, continental labor, 800.
Roosevelt received over all LAG, 76S,
and over Parker, 2,547,578. In 1900,
Mckinley had 467,046 more than all
the other candidates, and 'S59,984 more
than Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt was 409,S22
more than for Mckinley. while that
for Parker was 1,277,772 less than for
Bryan. ,...
Mckinley pollea 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 81
states.
Roosevelt carried 30 states against
% by Mckinley, and has 336 electoral
votes under the apportionment of 1900.
Mckinley had 292 under the appor-
tionment of 1880, there having been
an addition of 20 by the last apportion-
nCnt.
The republicans made gains over
their vote of 1900 in 81 states, and the
official figures show losses in 13. The
total gains of the republicans were
732,O48, and the total losses 3l2,249;
net gain, 419,799.
Parker received more votes than
Bryan in Delaware, Georgia, Mississip-
pi, New Jersey, New York, Rhode
Island, South Carolina, and West Vir-
ginia, while Bryan got more than
Parker in the remaining 81 states.
The democrats polled more votes In
eight states than in 1900, but less in
81. Their total gains were 30,792, and
the total losses 1921 ,491; net loss,
1,26O,699.
Parker carried 13 states against II
by Bryan, and has 40 electoral votes.
Bryan had 1856 under the apportion-
ment in force In 1900.
Watson received his largest vote in
Georgia, the total of that state, 1854,
with 20,508 in Nebraska, being nearly
one-third of his aggregate, 114,637.
Barker polled 50,218 in 1900.
The prohibition vote in 1900 was
2OS,791; in November, 260,303, gain
of 51,512.
Four years ago the socialists had an
electoral ticket in 90 states, and polled
87,769 votes. This year they had a
ticket in the As states, and the Debs
vote was 391,587. In 1900 over 5000
votes were polled in only California,
Illinois, Massachusetts,, Missouri and
New York In November Debs got
over 5000 in California, Illinois, 1ndi-
ana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts,,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon
tana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Utah, Washington and Wisconsin-the
largest number, 69,225 in Illinois.
The vote of the socialist labor party
in 1900 was 1894. This year Is was
80, 453 "a loss of 6,49l) in these states:
Colorado, S35; Connecticut, SIS; Illf-
nois. 1898; Indiana, 1888; Kentucky,
596; Massachusetts, 1853; Michigan,
1,O12; Minnesota, 974; Missouri, 1875;
New Jersey, $3.50; 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 ad-
herents only in Enthusiastically Chi
cago, where $50 votes were polled.