The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-11-11
Popular Plurality Since 1854

Garfield . 80. ,....1SSO 7.OlS
Cleveland . -. .....1SSf 62.6S3
CLEVELAND -. -. LIB 9S,O11
SlcVe1anu -. -. ...lS32 ooo,oIO
AICiNIhlty - L. -. 1870 ooI,o"f
Mckinney : =, .. u S32.2SO
Roosevelt. -. ......1904 100000
New York, Nov. 9, 2 a. m-If Mary
land has gone republican as unofficial
return at this hour indicate. the re
publican vote in the electoral college
is ana unprecedented one, 1926 fon
Roosevelt to ISL for Parker. Not o.
is Roosevelt far in excess of Mcki
leys vote of 292, in 1900, but Parkers
vote is four less than that given Bry-
an O IN years ago. 1t is practically
certain that the republican, national
ticket has carried every state in the
union outside of the solid south.
1t may take the official oun to
determine Maryland. The republican
majority in the next house of repre-
sentativs will be not less tina so.
A Wonderful Victory.
New York, Nov. 9.-The republican
natioani ticket has been elected by a
vote In the electoral college that will
exceed the 292 given Mckinley in
1900. The result of yesterdays bal
loting was astounding even to the
most sanguine republican managers
dNnnGSart a. +Io,, ,o. e $3.50. a.
were vol prepared for the astonish
figures which followed the closing q,
the polls. bringing into the republi-
can column not only all the states
they a claimed as safe for their
candidates but with the possible ex-
ceptiOa of Maryland every state class
ed as doubtful. The democratic sue
cesses are confined to the solid south
in which Kentucky is included and
Parker has not carried Il single state
which did not give it's vote to Bryan
four years ago.
Unofficial returns indicate that he
has lost some Of those which the Ne
braska candidate held for his party.
The official figures from some of
the northwestern states may slightly
change the totals, but based on re-
turns available at "a late hour tonight.
the electoral vote stands.
From returns at hand at this hour.
the electoral votes stand:
For Roosevelt:
California. 10; Connecticut. Z: Della.
ware. 3: Illinois, q; Indiana, 10,
Iowa. 10; Kansas, 10; Maine. g.; Mas
sachusetts. 10; Michigan, IA; Mime
sofa. IL: Nebraska, .; New Hamp~
shire. A: New York, 80, New Jersey,
II; North Dakota, 4: ohio, %; Ore
gon, q: Pennsylvania, 81; Rhode Is
land. 4: South Dakota, 4; Vermont, 4
washington. 5; Wisconsin, 13; Wyo-
ming. 3.
Colorado. S; Idaho, 3; Maryland. 8:
Montana, 3; Nevada, 3, Utah, 3; West
Virginia, Z.
Total, 325.
For Parker
Alabama, IL; Arkansas, 9; Florida,
5; Georgia. 13; Kentucky. 10; Louisi-
ana, 3; Mississippi, 10; Missouri, IS:
North Carolina, Il; South Carolina, 9;
Tennessee. II; Texas, is; Virginia, II.
Total. Isl.
Necessary to elect, 239.
AS a dramatic climax to the sensa-
tlonal majority given him, came the
presidents formal announcement that
he would not be a candidate for re
election lending the only exciting as
pect to election night otherwise 50
One-sided that it was iposSible 70.
even the victors to attain that degre
Of enthusiasm thai usually attends
such a victory.
In no election in recent years has
the result been definitely known 50
soon. Hardly had the sun gone down
when the results in New York began
IN no DIV Y o'1nn1y - y,ar oxy; -
dent the Empire State had given the
republican candidates a majority be-
You'd the predictions of the party
managers. So convincing was the
story of the bulletins that at 1880 p.
m. August Belmont at the democratic
headquarters conceded RoOsevelts
election by an overwhelming majority
and half an hour later the democratic
leaders who had managed the com
paign freely admitted that the repub-
Iicans had carried every
state. There was no disposition to
hope against hope.
AS state after state sem in it's re-
republican majority and the wires
old the tale of the ballots, bringing
even from those commemorative upon
which they had based their figures
Of democratic success reports of un-
precedented republican majorities
th yefrankly conceded their defeat
and offered no explanation. Soon
after Belmont's admission Parker ac-
kn~owledged the situation by teIe-
graphing Roosevelt his congratula-
tons. 1t is not only a year of phe-
homenal votes but phenomenal ma
j~orities as well. Beginning with New
York which gives a republican plu-
rality approximately $4,000 the tale
runs practically throughout the
country. Kentucky alone showing
democratic gains. Indiana is credited
with at least 10000 plurality, Iowa
1926, 0O0. Pennsylvania heads the list
as the banner of republican states
with a plurality of 325.0O0.
Even in the southern states the
vote has been light, GeOrgias demo-
cratic majority being only between
thirty and forty thousand. Nevada