The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-12-27
OFFICIAL CANVASS MADE
Fewer Votes Were Actually Cast Than
-Four Years Ag0.
Roosevelt Got s,ea1esa and Parker $780,,
OO4c Complete ofBcial Count shows
-HOw the other Parties Voted.

Chicago. Ill. The official canvass OF
the votes cast November 8 for Presi-
dental electors was completed the
other day when the result was an
nounced in Minnesota, North Dakota
and Washington. The total is liz, $685.
49e, against 13.96S,574 III 1900, de-
crease Of 460O7S.
The ballots were divided ais follows:
Roosevelt, Republican, 1927 ,632; Par
ker. Democrat, 5,0S0,054; Debs. Social
list, 391 1877; Swallow Prohibitionist,
260,303; Watson, Peoples, 114,637; Cor
REGAIN, Socialist Labor. 33,453; Hol-
comb, Continental Labor, $40.
Roosevelt received over all LAG, 76S.
and over Parker 2,547,57S. In 1900
Mckinley had 46T,046 more than all
the other candidates, and sos, 1884 more
than Bryan
The vote for Roosevelt was 409. 800
more than for Mckinley. while that
for Parker was 1.227,772 less than for
Bryan.
Mckinley polled 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 thir-
ty-two States.
Parker received more votes than
Bryan in Delaware. Georgia. Missis-
sippi New Jersey, New York. Rhode
Island, South Carolina and West Viz
ginia, while Bryan got more than Par
kav tho y~ns4 nffatt fss44<
States.
Republicans made gains over their
vote of 1900 in thirfy-two States. and
the official figures show losses in thir-
teen. The total gains of the Republic
cans were 732,O4S, and the total losses
B12,249; net gain. 429, 799.
The Democrats polled more votes in
eight States than ia 1900, but less in
thirty seven. Their total gains were
30,792, and the total losses 1901 ,491 /;
net loss, 1,26O,699
Roosevelt carried thirty-two States,
against twenty eight by Mckinley, and
has 1876 electoral votes under the app
porti0nment Of 1900. Mckinley had
292 under the apportionment Of 1890.
there having been an addition of TWEEN
ty-nine by the last apportionment.
Parker carried twelve States, against
seventeen by Bryan, and has 40 cleo
toral votes Bryan had l55 under the
apportionment in force in 1900.
Watson received his largest vote in
Georgia, the total Of that State, %. ga,
with 20,508 in Nebraska, being nearly
one third of his aggregate, l14,63T.
Barker Dolled 50,21S in 1900.
The Prohibition vote in 1900 was
20S791; in 1904 it was 260.30S, a gain
of 51,512.
-Four years ago the Socialists had an
electoral ticket in thirty-two States ana
polled 81, 769 votes. This year they had
a ticket in the forty-fve States and the
Debs vote was 391 .5S7. In 1900 over
5000 votes were polled in only Califor.
mia, Illinois. Massachusetts, Missouri
and New York. In November Debs
got over 5000 in California. Illinois. In
diana. Iowa. Kansas. Massachusetts,
Michigan, Minnesota. Missouri. Monta-
ma, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio Oregon. Pennsylvania. Utah.
Washington and Wisconsin the larg-
est number. G9,225. in Illinois.
The vote of the Socialist Labor party
in 1900 was 1894 This year it was
49, 53 "a loss of 6491), in these States:
Colorado. 1856; Connecticut, 575; Illi-
nois, 469S; Indiana, 1898: Kentucky,
1876: Massachusetts. 1859; Michigan,
1912; Minnesota. 974; Missouri, 1875;
New Jersey. 26S0; New York. 912T;
Ohio. 2633: Pennsylvania, 2211; Rhode
Island. 4S8; Texas, 421; Virginia, So;
Washington. 1892; Wisconsin, 223
The Continental Labor party had adj
herents only in Illinois really Chicago,
where $50 votes were polled