St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-03
MAKE A LIVE GUESS.
Now Is the Time to Make a
Political Guess Worth
Something.
One Hundred Dollars and Sew
epal Gold Watches offered
as Prizes.
Everybody Taking a HAND,
But the More the Mer-
rier.
A Lively Interest Being Mani
tested in State Politics
This Year.

"You can not most always sometimes
tell'' how men will vote when tney
walk I'D to the polls. They are very
neculiar creatures. Sometimes they
vote a good deal like wooden Indian
or brass monkey, with no more indie
pendence and free will than either;
and then again they are too independ-
ent to please even the most fastidlous
mugwump. In these days the free
American citizen is going to vote about
as he pleases, and workers, ward heel
ers and ali the other agents so con-
stantly employed by the practical poll
tician will not be able to hold them III
line against their judgment this year.
Have you guessed the number OF votes
the Republican nominee for governor
will receive in November
Have YOU tried to ''siZe up" the num-
Der that will be thrown to the Demo
cratic standard bearer?
ProhibitiOnists, how large vote Will
Mr.. Pinkham get?
The friends of the Farmers Alliance
ought to figure out the number OF votes
Mr.. Owen will receive.
Remember, you can guess on the vote
that will be cast for gubernatorial can
didates of all parties and as many times
as one may desire. All you have to do
is to clip the coupon, which will be
found below. fill it and mail it to the
"GuesSing Editor of the GLOBE"
This contest is exciting more interest
among the people, not only OF Mime
sofa, but throughout the entire country,
than its authors ever thought possible.
Guesses are pouring in by every mail
of Minnesota Iowa
the DakotaS, and Wisconsin. Many let
tiers contain from five to twenty gueSSeS.
Every one of these estimates" is filed
as soon as received, and every one can
depend upon their guesseS being con-
sidered at the final wind-up.
Your guess must be made upon the
coupon given below.
During the last week number OF
very clever guesSeS were received at
the GLOBE office, which were unavoid-
ably thrown out simply because the
estimate or guss was made on note
paper and not on the proper coupon.
This is important from the fact that nc
guess can be considered unless 1t comes
in on the regular coupon.
MANY interesting guesses have been
made last week. Way out in Alexandria:
South Dakota. a gentleman "gueSseS'
that the Democratic candidate will re-
ceive 100000 votes. and goes on to say
that Gov. Merriam is the Democratic
candidate he means. This might do If
the governor. were running his cam
paign on national issues, as he is
said to have, like Gen Gordon
E. Cole, occasionally low tariff
or lucid intervals. But this year Gov
Merriam is running his campaign
strictly on Estate issues" and is con
sequently not Democratic candidate
Guess on the number of votes he vii
receive, however. Remember thai
there's no politics in this contest. The
prizes await the lucky guessers. ano
they're just as large and as good for
Prohibition or Alliance guess as tor 6
Republican or Democratic one.
This is destined to be peculiarly
''off year" in Minnesota politics, and
the sharpest politicians are yet entirely
at sea as to how the people are going u
vote in November. What would have
been deemed wild guess In 1888 may
be a winner now. Send in you
guesses, Here is
The Globes Offer:
The GLOBE will give $25 to the per
son making the nearest guess OF tint
vote cast at the next state election
Nov. 4, for the Democratic nominee 10
governor of Minnesota; $25 for tn
nearest guess of the vote for the Repub
lican nominee for governor; $25 for tn
nearest guess of the vote for the ALI
ance nominee for governor; and $25 TO
the nearest guess of the vote for tn
Prohibition nominee for governor.
To the lucky person who makes tn
second nearest guess of the vote o
either the Democratic or Republican
candidate for governor of Minnesota
"a gold stop watch, split second hors
timer"
Whoever can figure out the secon'
nearest guess of the vote of eithe
the Farmers Alliance or the Prohib
ton candidate for governor of Mime
sofa: 'A lady's engraved gold file
hunting case Elgin movement watch.
A $40 subscription to the DAILY an
SUNDAY GLOBE each for the thir(
nearest guess of the vote OF either pal
ty's candidate.
Every reader invited to make CUES
or as many guesses as he may wish
make for either or both parties cal
didates, according to the followin
plan: