St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-06
low Many Votes Will Your
Favorite Candidate for
Governor Receive !?
Full List Of the Handsome
Prizes the Globe Has for
Lucky Guessers.
A Redwood County Republic
can Sends a Breezy Letter
With His Guesses.
He Figures the Alliance Vote
at SIS 600, and Gives His
Reasons.

How many votes VIII be polled by
each OF the four gubernatorial candi-
dates in the field in Minnesota this
year?
This is the question that is of inter
est to all citizens of the state, because
in Its answer is the solution of the all
Important problem of this campaign,
Who will be the next governor of Min
nesota But it is also important to
those who are competing in the GLOBES
great guessing contest, for there are
prizes to be won in guessing on the
probabls vote of each candidate, whether
a winner or not. The commencement
of actual hostilities has started boom
in the guessing contest, and thousands
OF gnesses have poured into the guess
ing editor from all portions of the North
west during the past week.
OF course there is tendency among
the guessers to ''pick favorites." and
guess only on the vote this one will re-
eelye. Others and, perhaps. wiser
guesserS send in estimates On all four
OF the candidates. This is as it should
be, for there's Nc politics in this con-
test. 1t will pay just as we'll to make
a winning guess On the vote of Mr..
Pinkham, the Prohibition nominee, as
upon that received by his more formida-
bic competitors. Messrs. Merriam, VIII
son and Owen. There will be three
prizes for the three best guesses on
each candidate, making twelve in all.
Y nder these circumstances it is just as
well to guess on the quiet man as upon
his more popoular and demonstrative
opponents. Here is sample letter re-
ceived day ortwo ago:
REDWOOD FALLS, MINI, Oct. l.-Guessing
Editor Globe: Find with this guesses on the
vote that viii be received by each of the four
candidates. Personally / an Republican
and want TO see Gov. Merriam win but as a
constant reader and admirer OF the GLOBE |
venture to take part II this contest. do not
agree with you IN politics, and am very
much afraid your man viii win this time
The Farmers Alliance is very strong here
anc viii take great many votes from the
OLD parties This means from the Repub-
lean party, for there is nothing for it TO take
from the Democrats in this county. In
| deed, l shall not be greatly surprised
II Owen carries this county. / do not feel
this year, as l am not an admirer of the Nc
kinley bill, and may make up my mind to
vote for ex-senator Wilkinson for congress
when the time comes.
may not be q very good guesser but I
have based my estimates upon my observa-
tons In this section of the state. and have
placed Gov Merriam vote al 1o4 900, for
the reason that ! believe he will lose at
least &c, 900 Republican votes. Judge VIII
sons vote have fixed at 81, COO which is
giving the Alliance candidate about Ii. 900
Democratic votes. / also figure that 0OO0
Prohibition votes VIII go to him. which will
give him total of $4,000. l think 5000
VIII be quite sufficient for the Prohibition
candidate, Mr.. Pinkham. With the hope
that l may win ct least one prize. am, re-
speetfully yours, REDWOOD COUNTY.
The full list of the prizes offered by
the GLOBE follows:
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; S25 for the
nearest guess of the vote for the Repub-
llcan nominee for governor: SIS for the
nearest guess of the vote for the ALI
ance nominee for governor; and S25 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 SO 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
plaD.