The San Francisco call., 1908-11-15

president was 2Ll64; in 1896. 1924; in
1900 S7Sl+: in 1909. 402. 600. The So
cialists say that the oficial count wills
show that in the recent election Debs
poned between 100000 and 100000
votes. and Some claim as many as
100000.
Althoush ID VIII be several weeks
before the official count in the several
states and The nation at large is COM
plete. enough has been published to
show that Hearst s candidate. Hisgen.
ran poor fifth. Tart. Bryan and Debs
were one, TWO, three while Chain and
iiisgen were only also rams" Debs'
Vote shows "a big increase over 1901
and tremendous increase over 1890.
-Four years ago many disgruntied dem
ocrais who did not want TO vote Tor
Parker east their votes for Debs, so
the comparison can not reasonably be
made with 1908 bat a fairer compari-
son is with 900 which was a normal
year for the socialist vote.
Iu tho recent election TIisgen lost
even his own town of Springfield
Mass and everywhere else the vote
he eot was So absurdly low as to- be
only Joke. The prohibition vote Tor
Chain, 100, was only ridiculous, but
be ran ahead OF Hisgen. IT is worth
noting that in Chicago Chain got 4,95l
votes which is practically the same
vote as was given Swallow in 1904.
liisgel received only $3.50 votes in
Chicago. despite the fact that Hearst
has two newspapers there and has
been reckoned "a power among the
class of voters who read them.
LABOR aGATNST HFSGEN
In Rhode island. where there is a
laree labor vote and where labor is
sues enter more into the campaign
than in almost any other eastern state,
lIiseeu Eor the ridiculOusly low total
Of Nl4 votes In Oklahoma, probably
the most radical state in the union. he
got only 900. though Debs increased
his vote heavily in that state. bring
ing Lt up TO probably 1900 In ore
rel Hiseen got us votes. In that
state asain. Dcbs led the minor can
dida-es. getting 3,l09 votes, or an
eislL. ol bryans total with Chain
sceoHd. with 1924
Iu st. Louis Hisgen did not get a
single vote. Debs. however. received
5.NHa rhe other minor candidates were
away behind. Chain receiving 200 and
Watson. tne pOpulist candidate, about
$50. ln Milwaukee Debs got over 15.-
n0H. which IS considered a phenomenal
showing. Tile same steady increase of
the normal socialist vote was notice
aIe everywhere in the west. goine
s.l. uE side with The same unVarying
demon strati0u Of the impotency OF the
llearst party. IN the state Of Wash
iagton for example. Debs got 1900
votes and Hisgen only 275.
There was q big falling of in the
alist vote in Chicago, due in large
nla..eure. tile socialists say. to lack of
tant fact that n 1909. with which year
tle comparison is made. number Of
strikes were on. notably that Of the
beer Ulc kcrs. which naturally swelled
tle Debs vote. Corrected police re-
farms lIom Chicago show that Debs
En- tlc recent election received 1S.SS5
votes in Cook county. This IS loss
81 about $4,000 in comparison with the
socialist vote in 1905. but gain Of
1000 over the vote last spring.
SOCIALISTS GAIN HEAVILY
In Indiana the socialist vote was
increased about per cent over the
bic vote OF 1908. Nearly all the states
show on important increase. the larg-
ost gains being made in Oklahoma,
Tennessee, Alabama and Georgia. The
vote in New York state was about as
GOO. an increase Of about 5000 over
1908 In New York city Debs got
25-6O0 votes, an increase Of about 1000
votes over 90t Illinois showed a loss
of about 80 600 votes and Wisconsin
1000 In 1904 Debs received $1,000
votes iu Illinois and in the recent cleo
ti0n $4,000 In 1903 he received 2S,-
600 votes in Wisconsin and in the re-
cent election 10000. These figures are
furnished the Calls correspondent by
the editor OF the New York Call. the
Debs organ fin this city. and may be
regarded as reliable. in so far as the
returns have been received up TO date.
I'm round numbers he estimates the
vote cast for Debs IN the recent cleo
tion AT 1000. which is an increase Of
about 20 per cent over 1904.
There Is the usual crop OF post cleo
tion 5okes Here is one heard at the
thearer.
Whom did YOU vote for?" asks
comedian Of Cliff Gordon at the Amer
scan
Gordon you don't expect me TO give
Up the habits OF lifetime, do your"
Bryan was one day walking down
the street Of Lincoln during the cam
paign OF 1904 when Parker was the
presidential nominee. He met a very
old lady Of his acquaintance who. after
greeting him cordially. inquired, By
the way Mr.. Bryan, who are you run
ming against this year?"
NAT GOODWIN CAUSES LAUGH
News Of the marriage Of Nat O..
Goodwin and Miss Edna Goodrich. not
unexpected, was mirthfully received on
Broadway. Not so much because Nat
has been involved in numerous matri-
nonial entanglements. as the fact that
the manner in which he outwitted his
rival in love. Harry Mcmillan It viii
be recalled that in Europe Goodwin,
when he heard Of Miss GoOdrich's en-
gagement to Mcmillan, commented as
follows: Poor little girl, Her head
is completely turned. / introduced her
70 Mcmillan and she thinks he is rich.
Now Mcmillan is a good fellow ali
right. all right but he is four flush
er" For some reason not fully eX-
plained the Goodrich Mcmillan en-
gagement was broken off soon there
after. and it was predicted that Edna
Goodrich would return to Goodwin.
whose leading woman" she had been
for several years, and when Goodwin
obtained his divorce IL was a safe bet
that the pair would be married. The
sole however. lies IL the display ad-
vertisenEents after the manner OF
Lawson. with which the New York
raDers are allied describing the rich
-,..- and wonderful nOSsfbfIffffc of