Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1913-02-02
ELECTION FIGURES ANALYzED.

party in the country, except one, Tell
off in its vote in 1912. as compared
with 1903. AS the complete tables OF
the official returns are now at hand,
it is possible to make an analysis y:
the vote. Wilson won 1860 fewer
votes than did Bryan four years ear
lier, although the certainty of his vic
tory and the large increase IN the
number entitled to vote should have
made his poll much greater than Bry.
ans. The split in the republican par
ty, of course, made Taft's vote, which
was 7,67S,9 OS in 1908, only 3,485, 1882
in 1912, far smaller in the later year,
while Roosevelt's poll was 4,119,5S2 in
1912. This diffusion in the republican
poll in the republican states left on
" two states, Utah and Vermont,
each with four electoral votes, to
Taft, while Roosevelt carried Califor-
mia Except two electoral votes which
were captured by Wilson,, Michigan,
Minnesota, Pennsylvania, South Da-
kota and Washington, with eighty
eight electoral votes, to the colonel.
Wilson's electoral poll was 435, or a
far larger total than was ever polled
for any previous presidential nom.
inee. The nearest vote to his by any
other candidate was that of Roosevelt
in 1904, which was 1886.
Oddly enough, the combined vote
for Roosevelt and Taft in 1912 was
below the Taft vote in 1908 by more
than $4,000. Their aggregate poll
was much more than 100000 great.
err than Wilson's, and il the split had
reelected. Even Chafin, the prohibit
ton candidate, polled $4,000 fewer
votes in 1912 than he did in 1905.
Except in New England and the
Rocky Mountain /. region, the states
showed a falling off in the aggregate
vote. Two new states were added
to the roll in 1912. These were Ari-
IONA and New Mexico. Two states,
Washington and California, gave wo-
men the ballot between 1908 and 1912,
and thus added several hundred thou
sands to their poll. There was an in.
crease Of about s per cent in the
country's population between the
campaign in which Taft was elected
and that in which Wilson won. From
all these sources about 100000 were
added to the number entitled to vote
And yet we see that fewer ballots
we're cast by each of the great parties
and also by the prohibitionists. The
country's aggregate poll in 1912 did
indeed, cross the 5000, 900 mark,
making a gain Of 146,358 over 1908.
This gain, and much more, was alb
sorbed by the socialist party. The
vote for Debs, which was APO, 1913 in
1908, jumped to 90f,S39 in 1912. The
! socialist vote much than dou
bled In the four years. tDebs' poll eX
ceeded $4,000 in Texas, Missouri, Wis
consin, Indiana, Washington, Oklaho
ma, New York, California, Illinois
Pennsylvania and Ohio, the increase
being in the order here given, 90,O0t
ballots being cast for him in tn
Buckeye state. Debs received NOR
votes than. Taft in Arizona, Califor
MIA, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi
Nevada and South Dakota. Debs bea
Roosevelt in Florida and Oklahoma
1t was a campaign full Of surprises
Despite the sound and fury, the >bi:
parties made a poorer showing tina,
they did in 1908. when, apparently
the effort to get out a large vote wa
less than it was in the recent can
paign. Wilson'S weakness was espe
"a d q.
cially striking. IA much smaller mi
nority Of the people supported hin
than ave their ballots to Bryan il
each Of his three c%anvasses. He lack
ed the great personal popularity Q
the Ne6raskan. Had the republican
party been united it would have scol
ed "a brilliant victory. Strangel!
enough, the gain Of more than 1O'
per cent in the socialist poll wa'
made in the face of the adoption of
part Of the socialist creed by Roose
welt.
Claiming that it is impossible to SUP
port their families or the amour
they are receiving, yard and sectio
men employed by the Northern Pacifi
at jamestown are asking for . rails
from 81 .35 to $3.50 per day.
Captain Toliefson and Lieutenant
Baird and Barker Of X compan,
Dickinson, have published 2 commun
cation in the Press encouraging youn
men to join the militia. A militaI
training is a fine thing for youn
men. .