The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-09-23
FIGURES ON LAST
THREE ELECTIONS
Showing Popular and
Electoral Votes.
OTHER PERTINENT RESULTS
Important States and How
They Cast Their Snf-
frage Recently.

total was 6,5O9,O52.
John M. Palmer, who ran for Presi-
vote in 1904 below the totals polled
got 1S4,645, while Joshua Levering,
who ran on the Prohibition ticket
that year, received popular vote OF
1S2,OO7.
In 1900 Mckinley received total
popular vote of 7,22O,o07, with a plu-
rality of S6O,O61. Bryan's total was g.
63O,O16. He gained very nearly the
number OF votes which in the previous
election went to Palmer and Buckner,
the candidates on educational Demo-
cratic ticket. The othr candidates in
1900 received votes as follows:
John G. Wolley, Pro-. E. E. ..2O7,S6S
Eugene v. Debs, Soc. Dem. 1852
Wharton Barker, Pop. .... 5O,l92
Joseph F. Malloney, Soc. Lab. 3S,45O
Roosevelt got popular vote in
1904 of 7,620,337, with the phenomenal
plurality of 2,54l, 296, Parker receiv-
ing a total of 5079,041 votes, less
than the total number OF votes polled
by Bryan in either 1896 or 1900. But
Rnpsevelts tremendous and wide
spread personal popularity must be Ia
ken into consideration in accounting
for the sudden drop in the Democratic
vote in 1904 below the totals polled
in the two preceding elections. 1t is
safe to say that if Judge Parker had
had any other opponent but Roosevelt
against him on the Republican side he
would have received more votes than
Bryan did in either of his campaigns,
owing to the support which conser-
vative Democrats, alien2ted by Bryans
radical tendencies, would have given
him. As it was, a large part of this
conservative Democratic element, to-
gether with a great many independ-
ents voted for Roosevelt. AS a conse-
uuence the latters plurality was, mum
erically, the largest and, based on the
number Of voters, the second largest
ever received by a candidate forPres-
ident Of the United States.
The other candidates in 1904 receiv-
ed votes as follows:
Eugene Debs. Soc Dem........412,lo9
Silas c. Swallow, Proh........ 25S,306
Thomas L. Watson, Pop......117,lSS
Charles II. Corrigan, Soc. Lab. Sl,249
In 1896 out of a total Of i46 Elec-
toral votes Mckinley received 271 and
Bryan 17G, making a majority of 20
for Mckinley.
In 1900 out of 476 available Elec-
toral votes Mckinley received 1872,
against Bryan's 155, which gave the
Republican candidate a majority over
his opponent of 1877, and a gain over
his majority in the former election of
40 Electoral votes.
In 1904 the total number of Elector-
al votes still being 476, Roosevelt re-
ceived 1886 and Parker 140, MAORI
ty of 1900 by 1O1, and that of 1896
by SO.
A study of the Electoral returns by
States for the three elections of 1896,
1900 and 1904 shows that these 20
States went Republican in all three
elections: Connecticut, Delaware, Illi-
nois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Massachu
sets, Michigan, Minnesota, NewHamp-
shire, New Jersey, New York, North
Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania,
Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia
and Wisconsin.
Eleven States all belonging to the
"Solid South" the main reliance OF
the Democratic party, went Democratic
in I'll three electi1ns: Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida. Georgia, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Sar
Dina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia.
Colorado, Idaho. Missouri, Montana
andNevada wentDemocratic in 1896 and
1900, but passed over TO Roosevelt in
1904
In addition toNebraska, Bryan's own
State, Kansas, South Dakota, Utah,
Washington andWyoming decided that
one try for Bryan was enough and
voted Republican both in 1900 and
1904.
California split its Electoral vote in
1896, while in 1900 and 1904 the
State went Republican. Kentucky split
its vote in 1896, when Palmer and
Buckner ran on theNationalD Democrat
ic ticket owing largely to the fact that
General Simon B. Buckner, the Ma
tional Democratic candidate for Vice
President, was a Kentuckian. In the
succeeding elections Kentucky return
ed to the Democratic column.
Maryland split its Electoral vote in
1904, giving Parker votes and Roose-
welt 1.
In this years election there Will be a
total OF 4S3 Electoral votes, a gain