St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-20
HOW THEY FIGURE.
All Parties Can See q Major
ity for Their Pet Can
didateS.
Owen Ahead One Place, Will
son Another and Merriam
Somewhere Else.
Pinkham Is in It, but No One
Has Given Him First
Place.
Full List Of the Globes Hand
some Prizes for Lucky
Guessers.

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Have you figured out the winner in
the gubernatOrial contest this year?
DO you want to win a handsome prize
anu the honor Of being clever politi-
cal calculator?
To all of the people reached by one or
more of the above interrOgations a
hearty invitation is extended to take
part in the GLOBES celebrated guess
ing contest. OF course, guesses are
pouring in from all portions of the
United States, but no one need be de-
tered by the number, for even the
shlewdesC anu most far-seeing poll
ticianS in the state are all at sea when
they are asked TO give an estimate of
the votes that will be polled by the
four gubernatOrial candidates now be-
fore the people of Minnesota.
If Gov. Merriam is your favorite
guess on the size of his vote.
Ii you incline toward Judge Wilson,
try to figure out how many votes will
be cast for him two weeks from to-mor-
row.
If Sydney NJ. Owen is your choice, try
to size up his vote.
Ii Rev. j. P. Pinkham has won you
over to the cOld-water cause, make
an estimate of the number of followers
he will have Oh November 4.
And If you do not care particularly
which one wins or are avaricious enough
to want to win four prizes, just get four
copies of the GLOBE, clip out the
coupons. fill them out properly and send
them in to the guessing editor.
Remember there is no politics in the
GLOBES great contest. Prizes have
been provided for the lucky guessers OH
the vote of each of the four candidates,
and Prohibition or an Alliance guess
10 .,of Afl,
GLOBE wants all of its readers, regard
less OF politics, to take hand in this
great contest and guess both early and
often.
There is remarkable difference in
the guesses sent in by the GLOBES
great army of readers. Now here is
Que from Dakota county, predicting the
success of Mr.. Owen:
PENNINGTON. Oct. 14.-Guessing Editor
Dear Sir: In order to get that S25 oil the
Alliance nominee for governor 1 must send
another guess, because my figures befOIe
were too low, and here is just about what the
four will get:
Owen Observation-Disclosures. "a, 450
llson ........-.. ...-..-.... oo.ioO
McrTldiu So9OO
Flnkham... 12,6Oo
Total vote. 26 800
OF this you will SEE that Mr. Owen will
have majority of 1850. and he will be our
next governor-that is if men will vote as
they now talk. Respectfully,
N B-I am not Farmers Alliance man.
but one of them that shall vote for the best
men. whatever party.
Here is staunch Democratic guess
which elects Judge Wilson by a safe
majority:
MANToRvILLE, Mimi, Oct. 7.-Guessing
Editor Globe, st. Paul, Minn.--Dear Sir: On
Aug. l, 1890, made guess on vote that the
Democratic nominee would receive 10, 30.
now wish to submit a guess as to- all the
Candidates in the field. which will somewhat
modify my former guess.
1 will place the vote for Democratic
nominee At 49,. .....ll5. 459
The Republican nominees vote at... 1l0,5t0
The alliance candidate at .... $4,000
me Prohibltlon at. 5000
l snail not probably, change this guess. I
have>not changed my mind as 10 the relative
vote for each candidate from what it was on
Aug /, put have as to the number of votes
that will be cast. Yours truly, A. LA DUE.
But here. again, is another mans
view of the same matter, and it is
slightly different from the above two,
in that it predicts the election of Gov
Merriam by small majority:
ST. PAUL, Minn., Oct. 15.-GuesSing
Editor: l believe Gov. Merriam will
be successful, and by good majority.
The Farmers Alliance vote will be
utdWu foiy CqudIiy HUH UOGH pdIlicS.
Here are my figures:
Total vote. 256, 900
MERRIAM. ................... ..lU3,OOO
w ilSOn. lOU,u UU
owen. ...........,.. 5U,UOO
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The GLOBE will give sos to the per-
son making the nearest guess of the
vote cast at the next state election,
Nov. 4, for the Democratic nominee for
governor of Minnesota; $25 for the
nearest guess of the vote for the Repub-
1ican nominee for governor: S25 for the
nearest guess OF the vote for the ALL
ance nominee for governor; and S25 for
the nearest guess of the vote for the
Prohibition nominee for governor.
10 the lucky person who makes the
second nearest guess of the vote of
either the Democratic or Republican
candidate for governor of Minnesota
"a gold stop watch, split second horse
timer"
Whoever can figure out the second
nearest guess of the vote of either
the Farmers Alliance or the Prohibit
ton candidate for governor of Mime
sofa: "A lady's engraved gold filled
hunting case Elgin movement watch"
A $40 subscription to the DAILY and
SUNDAY GLOBE each for the third
nearest guess of the vote of either par
tvs candidate.
Every reader invited to make guess
or as many guesses as he may wish to
| make for either or both parties can
didates, according to the following
plan:
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