St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-27

prose in their discussions of their politi-
cal views. but yesterday one of the
more venturesome order decided to lido
up'' the Mckinley bill in poetry, and
after finishing it mailed the same to the
guF ssing editor. along with a guess on
the number of votes that will lie re-
ceived by Judge Wilson, the Democratic
nominee for governor week from to-
morrow. 1t is needless to say that if
this guess is correct the judge will be
the next governor of the state.
How many gueSseS have been made
in the GLOBES great guessing contest?
This is question you will be agitat-
ing week later when the votes have
all been cast in this great state and
counted and some one else has carried
Off the handsome prizes which will be
awarded those who have sent in the
closest estimates of the number of votes
that will be polled by each of the four
candidates now before the people of
this state for the office of governor.
This is an all-abSOrbing question Just at
present and there are probably no two
welI-informed politicians who agree in
their conclusions.
The political figurers are all at sea.
and it is good time for the novice to
try his hand.
How many votes will Owen, the Alli-
ance candidate for governor. poll?
Which party will these votes be drawn
from?
How will they affect the two old
parties?
Will the 1900 Prohibitionists of two
years ago divide between Owen and
Pinkham. or will they all vote for the
latter?
All these are questions that will enter
into the contest in this state week
from Tuesday. and no careful guesser
will fail to consider them in making
his guesses. There is no doubt that
Candidate Owen is going to poll a great
many votes in certain sections of the
state. Here is letter from st. Cloud
Democrat who thinks that Owen will
be SecO.ld in the race. and Merriam
third:
ST. CLOUD, MINI Oct "a. 1890. Guessing
Editor: l estimate the vote tof the Farmers
Alliance candidate at 9l.45r. am person.
ally Democrat, but think the Alliance
party will give US closer rub than the Re-
publican party. My estimate On all the can
didateS is:
Wilson . " o. $50
UmeM '........--.-....-.. ....- III 400
eierriam.. 49,. ..................... SS,' 90
Yours Truly, JOHN JULIO.
How shall guess?
This is the question that seems to give
few of the GLOBES readers no end of
trouble. They must fail to read the
conditions or they would not make out
their own coupons. During the last
week Ill particular a number OF first
class guesses have been received made
out by the senders on plain white paper.
These guesSeS have all been thrown
out. Every guess to count in this coll
n Ind 4,
coupon which will be found in another
part of this paper. DO not forget that.
GueSSeS to count must be made out
on the coupons clipped from the GLOBE.
| The political opinions OF the guessers
will crop out. The absurdity of the
| free sugar claim OF the advocates and
defenders of the Mckinley bill impelled
ole of the GLOBES guessers To send
this query along with his guess:
Guessing Editor of the CLIQUE: Inclosed
| guess. Also, why don't you gel a sample of
| the sugar admitted free and have il Tor ex-
hibl1on. IL would be hit, because it is too
| poor to use. Xxx
Some of the GLOBES guessing friends
| write all sorts OF letters, and send them
| Ill with their gueSSeS. Many of them
are i'll the shape Of questions, and 9TH
ers are calculated as pointers. AS the
| guessing editor is a nOn-partiSSn per
hibition, Farmers Alliance and Demo
cratic guesses in exactly the same MAN.
ner, he must decline to be drawn into
any political discussion or 10 make any
predictions. Everything goes, even
the follow ng guess from Democrat,
who figures out the election of Owen.
the Farmers Alliance candidate, for
| governor:
ST. Paul, Oct. II. 1Sa0.-Guessing Editor
Dear Sir: | will not make guess as to
| who will be the governor by filling out the
blank FORM but will give You the figures |
estimate the vote TO be polled next month al
| 247.0u0. as follows:
| FARMERS Alliance 49,. ......,.. -. % 4n5
| DDenUCLa', WILSON, ...... ..S~,929
! Republican, Merriam 80. ..... SI.6U6
! Cold Water. Prohibition 49,. 1000
You can't always tell when it is going to
rain or how jury will decide but this you
can put in your pipe and smoke as a fact
| Yours truly, A DEMOCRAT.
Guess early and often this week.
Remember that this contest closes
| Nov. 4.
Read the GLOBES magnificent list of
prizes Ola another pSge, and then clip
out the printed couptA', fill it out with
your estimate. and send it to the guess
ing editor.
Don't fail to guess this week.