Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1905 — The Political Pot. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Political Pot.

The official returns in Vermont show a Republican plurality of 30,082. The official canvass in South Dakota shows: Roosevelt, 72,083: Parker, 22,002; Debs, 3,138; Watson, 1,248; Swallow, 2,065. The total vote for President in Texas gives Parker 167,220 and Roosevelt 50,308; Watson, 8,062; Swallow, 4,244; Debs, 2,287. The Colorado Supreme Court took under consideration a motion made by Republican attorneys to throw out the vote of four Denver precincts in which fraud has been shown. This wpuld give the Repnblican three additional Senators and make the vote in the State Senate a tie, with the Republican Lieutenant Governor holding the deciding vote. The official canvass of the returns In Colorado shows the following vote: Republican, 134,687; Democratic, 100,105; Prohibition, 3,438; Socialist, 4,304; Populist, 824. The official vote of Massachusetts gives William L. Douglas (Democrat) for Governor 35,989 plurality. The vote for President was: Roosevelt, 257,822; Parker, 165,746. The official convase of the Pennsylvania vote gives: Roosevelt, 840,940; Parker, 335,480; Swallow (Prohibition), 88.* 717; Debs (Social-Democrat), 21,868; Corregan