St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-03
TOMORROW ENDS IT.
The Globes Great Guessing
Contest Ends at 8 O'Clock
Tomorrow.
Nearly 10000 Guesses Have
Been Received Since 1t
Commenced.
Wide Range of the Estimates,
and Some of the Careful
Figureps.
Sudden and Wonderful IN
crease in the Predictions
on Owen.
Have YOU guessed?

The contest will close at o'clock to-
morrow afternoon, and no guesseS re-
ceiyed at the GLOBE Office after that
hour will be counted.
1t b been a wonderful contest, and
auring the last week it has required
nearly the entire time of one man to
open the letters and record the gueSses
that nave poured in from all quarters of
.he United States. The total number
II gueSSeS received up to last evening
loot up the unparalleled number of 137,
t57, and it is safe to say that before the
closing of the contest the aggregate will
De over 10000.
These gueSses have taken a wide
range, many people apparently guess
ing their sentiments rather than their
Judgment. A great many gueSserS
BLOW the politics of their own immedi-
ate locality TO influence them greatly
In making their estimates. AS an
example of this guess was received
yesterday from J. J. Reynolds, of Little
Falls, which placed Gov. Merriam's
vote tomorrow at 65,S97. There is no
doubt that this would be far
too high were all the other
seventy-nihe counties in the state
as Staunchly Democratic as Morrison,
but, unfortunately. they are not. From
away up on the frigid shores of
Lake Superior came the largest
guess yet made. 1t was sent
In by George II. Quayle. of
Bayfield,, Wis, and places the Repub-
tican vote tomorrow at the wonderful
figure of 1T4,62i. There are Democratic
estimates that amOuntup nearly as high
as this, but they have usually been sent
In from ,.aSiIaDfS nf Of bar or
Col. j. II. Mansfield. the prophet of
Austin. has also spoken. He declined
TO figure on the exact vote that will be
polled by Gov. Merriam, and places the
iatter's plurality at l,500. Of course
this is not exactly guess. but it shows
that things look rather blue for the G..
q. p. in Mower county and the First
district generally.
There are lots OF enthusiastic AL
lance guesSerS throughout the state,
and they hive sent in estimates high
enough to elect Candidate Owen. Fer
gus Falls is the center of q very strong
Alliance district. and from there n. E.
WOodham sent in the prediction that
the head of the Alliance state ticket
will turn Up with %, 400 votes tomorrow
night.
c. A. Thyle, of Pennington, Dakota
county, thinks the Alliance will poll
75.039 votes. This is his latest guess.
Several weeks ago he figured the same
vote at CLIPS.
John p. Reardon, of st. Paul, has
made up his mind that the next gov
ernor of this state will be a Democrat,
and has estimated the Democratic vote
at los, 2ti7.
James A. Wharton, of Clearwater, has
been one of the heaviest guessers in the
GLOBES great army, and has figured
the Republican vote both above and
below 100000. His last guess is 100, 900
for Merriam and $1,000 for Wilson.
Adjutant Andrew j. Eckstein. of the
Second regiment, sendS up guess from
New Ulm which places Judge Wilson's
vote at l23,S97. Mr.. Eckstein lives in
the go0d old Democratic county of
Brown.
S. NJ. Freeman. of Medford. Steele
county, cuts the Republican vote down
to 100000, which shows that Steele
county is as close as usual.
Leslie Matthews, editor Of the Swift
County Monitor, sends in two guesseS,
one on the Republican and the other on
the Democratic vote. He thinks 81, SOC
q fair estimate for Judge Wilson. while
$1,000 is set down to the credit of Gov.
Merriam.
Otto E. Smith, of Buffalo Lake, Rem
vile county, sets down the Alliance
vote at 9S. 724. which shows that Rem
vile county leans rather favorably to
the Alliance.
DIR. II. G. Opsal, of Red Wing, bases
his hopes on guess of 10000 for the
Republican nominee for governor.
Ion White, of the Northern Pacific
baggage Office, thinks the Republican
nominee for governor will get q, 39(
votes.
A. ScheIlback, a reliable, every day
in-the-week Democrat, of Mankato, es
Inmates Judge Wilson's vote at 40. 1902
w. Ii. Mcclure, of Minneapolis. sends
in three guesSes by the same mail and
divides up the vote as follows; Demo
cratic, S9,i10; Republican, 94,308; anC
Alliance, 59.451.
q PTOhibitiOnist and he may not, but hi
Is a Prohibition guesser ali RICH
enough. he sent in by one mail nj
less than tifty-two guesses on the Pro
hibitiUn vote, ranging between 8,46;
and 1852.
E. G. Langdon, of Bozeman, Mont.
renders the opinion that Judge Wilson
will poll III, 3l4 votes. Democracy i
booming in Montana this year.
MIR. and Mrs. w. Ii. Wilson, of Chau
tauqda, New York, are evidently Dem
ocrats, but Mrs. Wilson is the NOR
hopeful of the two, for she figures tn
vote of Judge Wilson at 100000, Will
MIR. Wilson thinks $1,000 large enough
Frank Renald, of Fulda. Murra,
county, gives it as his opinion that Gov
Merriam will receive 1853 votes to
morrow, or over 1900 more than he di'
two years ago.
E. w. Moorhead, of st. Paul, vii
stand or fall by his guess of $4,000 TO
the Democratic nominee.
Charles II. Rattinger. very cunfiden
DemOcratof Livingstone, Mont, guesse
that Judge Wilson will receive 147, So
votes.
Thomas A. Wise, of Wayzata, earl
In October placed Judge Wilson's yot
at 1885.
Moses Lafond, one of Little Falls
we'll known citizens, has sent in
great many splenaid guesSes, in one @
the latest of which he expresses tn
opinion that the head of the Democrat
ticket will receiqe IS, 1873 votes.
G. Fischer, of New Ulm, thinks tn
Democratic vote will hover around 1909
600. and sends two coupons filled GU
with 1917 and 109, 745 respectively
Inc lduleS Have taken Il great lnter6S
in this contest-indeed it is say tina
nearly one-half of the total humble
of guesseS chat have been receive
have been sent in by the lady readers c
the GLOBE. And what is more to tn
point. some of the very best guesseS tina
have been made are among these. thu
showing that there are any number G
ladies who keep posted Oh the politics
situation in this state.
Miss Nellie Tolmil, of Spring Val
ley, Fillmore county, sends in CUES
which places Judge Wilson's vote a
9S,6S1. Miss TolmiI is, of course, {
staunch Democrat, like her father, IL
T. ToIlnIl, the chairman of the Demo
cratic county committee of that county
Among the young lady guessers i
st. Paul are tine Misses Lucy aud Agne
HalloweIl. They are inclined to
rather conservative in their guesses
aid few days ago Miss Lucy sen
Ill an Alliance estimate of 1888:
Miss Agnes vn the same day guesse