Gilpin observer., 1904-12-29
COUNT OF VOTES
IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

''SevSe 'as dn bmneUso MAJORITY
Over AiI-Parker Gets Many Less
Votes than Were Cast for Bryan In
1900.
Chicago, Dec. 23-The Official can
vass Of the vote cast November 9Th for
presidential electors was completed
yesterday. when the result was an
nounced in Minnesota, North Dakota
and Washington. The Associated Press
Is therefore able to present the first
table Of the forty-five states. The to-
tai vote is 13.50S, ,496, against 1896, ,574
In 1900 decrease Of 4cO,078.
| The ballots were divided as follows:
Roosevelt. Republican, 7,627,632.
Parker. Democrat, 5,080,054.
Debs, Socialist, 391, ,587.
Swallow. Prohibitionist, 26O,3O3.
Watson, Peoples, 114,637.
Corregan, Socialist Labor, 33,453.
Holcomb, Continental Labor, $50.
Roosevelt received over all, 1,746,-
768, and over Parker 2,547,578. In 1900
Mckinley had 467,046 more than all
the others. and S59,9S4 more than
Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt was 409,8
more than for Mckinley. while that for
Parker was 1,777,772 less than for
Bryan. Mckinley polled more votes
than Roosevelt in Alabama, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland.
Mississippi, New Hampshire, North
and South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee
and Virginia. Roosevelt got more than
Mckinley in the other thirty-two
states.
Parker received more votes than Bryan
in Delaware, Georgia, Mississippi,
New" Jersey, New York, Rhode Island,
South Carolina and West Virginia,
while Bryan got more than Parker in
the remaining thirty-seven states.
The Republicans made gains over
their vote in 1900 in thirty-two states,
and the official figures show losses in
thirteen. The total gains of the Re-
publicans were 733,04S, 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
3O,792, and the total losses ,291 ,491;
net loss, 1,260,699.
Roosevelt carried thirty-two states.
against twenty-eight for Mckinley, and
has 1886 electoral votes under the ap-
292 under the apportionment of 1880,
there having been an addition of
twenty-nine by the last apportionment.
Parker carried thirteen states,
against seventeen for Bryan, and has
14O electoral votes. Bryan had 155
under the apportionment in force in
1900.
Watson received his largest vote in
I nf foI nf hof tot
with. ,50S in Nebraska, being nearly
one-third of his aggregate, 114,637.
Bryan polled 5O.21s in 1900.
The Prohibition vote in 1900 was
20S,791; in November, 26O, 1903, a gain
of 51.512.
Four years ago the Socialists had an
electoral ticket in thirty-two states
and polled 87,769 votes. This year they
had a ticket in forty-ive states, and
the Debs votes was 391,5S7. In 1900
over 5000 votes were polled in only Cal
ifornia, Illinois. Massachusetts,, Missou-
ri and New York. In November Debs
got over 5000 in California, Illinois,
Indiana, Kansas, Massachusetts, Iowa,
Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mon
tana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New
York, Ohio, Oregon. Pennsylvania.
Utah, Washington and Wisconsin, the
largest number, 50 ,225, in Illinois.
The vote of the Socialist Labor
party in 1900 was 1894. This year it
was 33,453, loss of 6,491 in these
states: Colorado. 1856; Connecticut
575; Illinois. 4,69S; Indiana. 1888;
Kentucky, 596: Massachusetts, 1859;
Michigan, 1,012; Minnesota, 974; Mis-
souri,, 1875; New Jersey, $3.50; New
York, 9,127; Ohio, 1888: Pennsylvania,
2,211; Rhode Island, 4SS; Texas. 421;
Virginia, Sc: Washington. 1892; Wis
consin. 223.
The Continental Labor party had
adherents only in Illinois, really Chi
cago. where $50 votes were polled.