Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1908-09-17
NATIONAL ELECTION
FIGURES.
There VIII lie q Total of 4s3
Electoral Votes This YenY.

FIectOfaI votes 1nIs henY.
In 1896 Mckinley polled total popular
vote OF 7.ll1,607. while Bryan's total was
6,Soo.o62 Mckinley's plurality was COZ Boz.
John NJ. Palmer. who ran for president
on the national democratic ticket, got
1855. while Joshua lowering. who ran
on tho prohibition ticket that year, re-
Ceived popular vote OF 132,00. says the
New York World.
In 1900 Mckinley received total popu-
lar vote of 7,22o.O7. with plurality Of
S6Oc6l. Bryans total was 6.630.0l6. He
gained very nearly the number of votes
which In the previous election went to
Palmer and Buckner. the candidates on
the national democratic ticket. The other
candidates in 1900 received votes as fol-
lows
John G. Woolley, Professionalism. 2o7.SsS
Eugene V. Debs, Soc. Dem. ....... M,552
Barker Pop. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 50l92
Joseph T. Maloney. Soc Lab.... 80, $50
Roosevelt got a popular vote In 1904 of
1870, S37 with the phenomenal plurality of
2.Hl ,2o6, Parker receiving total of
5,o7a.o4l votes. less than the total number
OF votes polled by Bryan In either 1896 or
1900. But Roosevelt's tremendous and
widespread personal popularity must he
taken into consideration In accounting
for the sudden drop In the democratic
vote In 1904 below the totals polled In the
two preceding elections. II Is safe to
say that II Judge Parker had had any
other opponent but Roosevelt running
against him on the republican side he
would have received more votes than
Bryan did in either Of his campaigns,
owing TO the supper: which conservative
democrats would have given him AS it
was. large part of this conservative
democratic element. together with n
great many Independents. voted for Roose
welt. AS a consequence the latter's pu-
ral,y was. numerically. the largest, and
based on the number of voters. the sec
ond largest ever received by a candidate
for president of the United States.
The other candidates in 1904 received
votes as follows:
Eugene V. Debs soc. Dem........ 400, l5a
Silas c. Swallow. Pro.....,.,....... 25S.355
Thomas r. Watson. Pop.,.........,. I'LL 1873
Charles H. corrigan. Soc. Lah..... 81 249
In 1896 out Of q total of Az electoral
votes Mckinley received 81 and Bryan
176. making a majority Of rs for Mckin-
ley.
In 1900 out of ,76 available electoral
votes Mckinley received go. against Bry
ans lI. which gave the republican cam
didate majority over his opponent OF
49, and a gain over his majority In the
former election of 42 electoral votes,
In 1904 the total number OF electoral
votes still being 40, Roosevelt received
1886 and Parker l4o, a majority for the
| former Of 1876 This beat Mckinley :
| electoral majority of 1900 by 10l and that
of 1896 by so
A study OF tho electoral returns hy
States for the three elections of 1896, l9o(
and 1904 shows that these 90 States went
republican In all three elections: Con
necticut. Delaware, Illinois. Indiana
Iowa. Maine, Massachusetts. Michigan
Minnesota. New Hampshire, New Jersey
New York. North Dakota Ohio, Oregon
Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. Vermont
West Virginia and Wisconsin.
Eleven States. all belonging 10 the
solid South" the main reliance OF tn.
Democratic party, went Democratic In al
three elections: Alabama, Arkansas
| Florida, Georgia, Louisiana. Mississippi
North Carolina. South Carolina. Tenncs
see, Texas and Virginia.
Colorado, Idaho. Missouri Montana ant
Nevada went democratic in 1896 and 1890
hut passed over to Roosevelt in 1904
In addition to Nehra ska, Bryan's owl
State. Kansas. South Dakota, Utah
| Washington and Wyoming decided tina
one try for Bryan was enough. and voted
republican both IN 1900 and 1904
California split its electoral vote /,
1896, while in 1909 and 1904 the State wen
republican. Kentucky split It's vote II
1896, VIXEN Palmer and Buckner ran OF
the national democratic ticket, OWNS
largely to the fact thai Gen Simon B
Buckner, the national democratic candi
date for vice president. was Kentuck
ian. In the succeeding two elections
Kentucky returned to the democratic col
| umn.
Maryland split its electoral vote in 1904
giving Parker votes and Roosevelt /.
In this years election there will be
total of 4S3 electoral votes, a gain of
over the total OF 1904. due to the admis
sion of Oklahoma as State The mum
Der OF electoral votes necessary to cleo
is 24o. a simple ma jority Of l. Oklahoma
it is thought. viii go democratic.