Morris tribune., 1904-12-24
CANVASS OF BALLOTS CAST FOR.
PRESIDENT IN RECENT ELEc-
TON COMPLETED.
SMALLER VOTE THAN IN. 1900
RooSEVELT's MAJORITY OVER,
PARKER EXCEEDS TWO AND
OME-HALF MILLION.

Chicago Dec. 23.-The official cam
| vass of the votes cast Nov. for presl-
Dental electors was completed Thurs
day when the result was announced in
| Minnesota, North Dakota and Wash
| ington. The official vote of all forty
! FIVE states totals 13,50S,496 against 49,
968, 574 in 1900 decrease of 460.-
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The ballots were divided as follows:
Roosevelt, Rep, 7,627,632; Parker,
Dem, 5,0sO,054; Debs, Socialist, 391,-
5S7: Swallow, Pro-, 260,303; Watson,
Peoples Party, 114,637; Corregon,
Socialist Labor, 33,453; Holcomb.
Continental Labor, $780,
Roosevelt received over all 1,746,-
76S, and over Parker 2,547,578.
In 1900 Mckinley had 467,046 more
than all the other candidates and $780,
9S4 more than Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt was 409,-
1922 more than for Mckinley, while
that for Parker was 1,277,722 less
than for Bryan.
Mckinley po1led 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
thirty-two states.
Parker received more votes than
Bryan in Delaware, Georgia, Missfssip-
pi, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Is
land, South Carolina and West Vir--
ginia, while Bryan got more than
Parker in the remaining thirty-seven
states.
Republicans Made Gains.
The Republicans made gains over
their vote of 1900 IN thirty-two states,
and the official figures show losses in
thirteen, all of them being Southern
states excepting Maine and New
Hampshire, in each of which the loss
was less than 1000. The greatest
Republican loss was in Texas and was
1888. The total gains of the Repub-
1icans were 732,04S, and the total
losses 312,249; net gain, 419,799. The
heaviest Republican gain was 1885,
284, in Pennsylvania
The Democrats po11ed more votes
in states than in 1900, but less in 81.
Their total gains were 30,792; and the
total loss >1,291 ,491; net loss, 1,260,699.
The eight states in which the Demo
Gratis made gains are Delaware, Geor-
gia. Massachusetts. Mississippi New
York, Rhode 1sls=9, south Carolina
and West Virginia. The heaviest
Democratic gain was 8,747 in Massa-
chusetts; the heaviest loss, 175,455, in
Illinois
Roosevelt carried 80 states against
70 by Mckinley, and has 1886 cleo
toral votes under the opportionment
of 1900. Mckinley had 292 under the
apportionment of 1880, there having
been an addition of 20 by the last ap-
portionment
Parker carried 13 states against II
by Bryan, and has 140 electoral votes.
Bryan had 155 under the apportion-
ment in force in 1900.
Watson, Peoples Party, received his
largest vote in Georgia. His total
vote was 114637 Barker polled So
21H in 1900.
The Prohibition vote in 1900 was
2oS,7s1; in November 260,303; a gain
OF 51,512.
Socialist Vote Shows Big Increase.
Four years ago the Socialists had an
electoral ticket in 80 states, and polled
87,7fa votes. This year they had
ticket in the IS states, and the Debs
vote was 39l ,5S7.
The vote of the Socialist Labor
party in 1900 was 1924. This year
it was 3S,453, loss of 6,491.
The Continental Labor party had
adherents only in Enthusiastically Chi
,aeo-where $50 votes were polled.
The following table shows the off,
,ial vote in each state for the three
eading candidates: