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Show SOCIALISTS LOSING GROUND. Expected Gain Not Secured In Cities Counted Upon. Chicago. The Socialist vote in the recent election showed' a grent lalllng off from tho record In 1001 in tiro three principal cities of tho country coun-try In which Socialism Is strongest. Chicago Socialists, who polled 45,000 votes In 1901, wore given less than 19,000 votes In tho returns, nnd tho most sanguine do not expect thnt the revised totnls will exceed 21,000 votes for Mr. Debs. Cincinnati nnd Cleveland, also listed ns strong Socialist So-cialist centers, according to tho leaders lead-ers of the party, polled n greatly decreased de-creased vote. Tho total vote for Mr. Debs, It Is estimated, will not exceed 500.000, In plnco of the 1,000,000 which was predicted pre-dicted by enthusiastic Socialists. |