St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-21
THEY LIKE TO GUESS.
The People Taking a Lively
Interest in the Globes
Contest.
Many and Widely Different
Guesses Received During
the Past Week.
An Interesting Communiea-
ton From a Marshall
County Granger.
He Figures Out That the
Alliance Vote Will Be
100000.

Have you taken a chance In the
GLOBES guessing contest yet?
If YOU haven't, why do you not do so
at once and as many times as you ike.
The biennial election in this state is
now considerably less than three
months distant, and, as usual, every
man, woman and child in the state feels
curiosity as to whom is to be the next
governor. Many people think they
know, while others may feel quite sure
that they can name the lucky individual
These positive people are found in no
less than three of the political parties
Of the state-the Republican, Demo
cratic and Alliance. OF course, several
Of the three are certain to be mistaken,
but there's nothing to prevent the par
tisans of all from taking time enough to
fIl out the coupon given below, thus
giving the reasons for the faith that is
In them.
If you are confident your candidate or
any candidate is going to win you ought
to have an idea of the number of votes
that will be cast for him, otherwise the
faith that is in you is blind. Of course
enthusiasm and answering faith i'll the
success of your favorite candidate is
good thing-loyalty and devotion have
ALWAYS been reckoned as two of the
noblest traits of mankind. but neither
will do to make a wager on. The ad-
vice of an elderly man to his son, who
was all enthusiastic young party man
deserves to be remembered by every
man in this connection. Speaking of
betting the old gentleman said:
my son, vote for and support whom
ever you please for office, but always
bet on your judgment, and not on your
enthusiasm. Place your money as your
better Judgment tells you the thing is
coming out, and never put 1t on a man
or side simply because you would like
to see that side win"
While the GLOBES famous guessing
contest contains none of the elements
to be found in betting on candidates,
races or anything else, yet the advice of
the old gentleman to his son deserves
to be taken into consideration.
When you sit down to figure out
the vote that will be cast for any one of
the four nominees for governor OF this
state, Just use your best judgment. and
do not allow your feelings to influence
your figures for either your favorite or
his opponents.
Remember that you can make just
as many gueSseS as you desire, only so
you send in the regular coupons prop
erly filled out. There is no politics in
this contest, and you can guess on the
vote of any candidate now in the field or
hereafter to be nominated; and you can
guess on the vote of any or all candi-
dates just as many times as you please.
Several interesting letters have been
ha
week, among which is the following:
Argyle. Mimi, Aug. IL, 1S9O.-Guessing
Editor Globe: What do you think of my es-
innate Of 100000 votes for Mr.. Owen! OF
course, do not know how he will run in
other portions of the state. and base my pre-
diction on the situation as it is here. In Mar
shall county the Alliance ticket will sweep
nearly every tbing-there are a half dozen
towns where Owen will get every vote. Yours
truly, MARSHALL COUNTY GRANGER.
OF course the guessing editor cannot
make any estimate for any one who may
desire to ehter the contest. 1t would
not be fair to all contestants. and, be-
sides the guessing editor would very
likely be as far off in his predictions as
any one else, and very likely much far
Their. The only way for our Marshall
county friend to gather the information
he seeks is to read the papers of all
sides, and learn the situation as it is in
all portions of the state. There are many
Alliance men, notably Chairman Car
rington Phelps, of the Alliance state
committee, and President Hall, who
think that the Alliance vote may go even
higher than 100000.
The GLOBE will give S25 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-
lican nominee for governor; S25 for the
ance nominee for governor; and $25 for
the nearest guess of the vote for the
Prohibition nominee for governor.
To 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 Prohibi-
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 a guess
or as many guesses as he may wish to
make for either or both parties can
didates, according to the following
plan: