The Grit-advocate., 1904-12-30
COUNT OF VOTES
IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Roosevelt Has an immense Majority
Over Aii-Parkss Gets Many Less
Votes than Were Cast for Bryan in
1900.
Chicago. Dec 23-The officiaI can
pass OF the vote cast November Sth Tor
presidential electors was completed
yesterday. when the result was an
nOunced In Minnesota, North Dakota
and Washington. The Associated Press
IL therefore able to present the first
table Of the forty-five states. The to-
tai vote is l3.5O8.496. against 13,9GS,J74
In 1904 decrease of 4c0.O7S.
The ballots were divided as follows:
Roosevelt, Republican, 7,627,G32
Parker. Democrat, 5.OS0,054.
Debs. Socialist, 391 ,5S7.
Swallow, Prohibitionist, 260,303.
Watson. Peoples. 114.637.
COrregan. Socialist Labor. 33.453.
tiOlcomb, Continental Labor, $50.
Roosevelt received over all, l,746,-
TGS. and over Parker 2,547 .57S. In 1900
Mckinley had 4G7,04G more than all
the others. and 859,9S4 more than
Bryan.
The vote for Roosevelt was 409,S22
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 thirtyseven states.
The Republicans made gains over
and the official figures show losses in
thirteen. The total gains of the Re
publicans were 733.04S, and the total
losses 3l2. .2d9; net gain. 419,799.
The Democrats polled more votes in
eight states than in 1900, but less in
thirty-scven. Their total gains were
3O,792, and the total losses 1921, ,491;
net loss. 1.2GO,69
Roosevelt carried thirty-two states.
against twenty-eight for Mckinley. and
has 33G electoral votes under the ap-
portionment of 1900. Mckinley had
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 1856
under the apportiOnment 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.G37.
Bryan polled 5O.21S in 1900.
The Prohibition vote in 1900 was
208.79l; in November, 260, 1903, a gain
of 5l.512.
Four years ago the Socialists had an
electoral ticket in thirty-two states
and polled 87.769 votes. This year they
had ticket In forty-five states, and
the Debs votes was 391,5S7. In 1900
over 5000 votes were polled in only Cal
if0rnia, 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, G9.225, 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
SIG; Illinois. 4.69S: Indiana, 1888;
Kentucky. 59G; Massachusetts,. 1859;
Michigan. 1.012; Minnesota. 974: Mis-
souri,, 1875; New Jersey, 2,GS0 New
York. 9.127; Ohio. 1888; Pennsylvania
2.211; Rhode Island, ass: 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.