The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-15
A e SUCCESS.

contest last evening marks the greatest
In a struggle of this character. 1t was,
indeed, the only strictly legitimate vot-
ing contest eve carried to completion
here. For there was nothing hidden,
nothing secret, no representations that
were not actually carried out, and no
printing of coupons in sheets, like post
age stamps, to be sold in huge bundles
at jobbing rates. Not a paper was
sold by the G. o b e, over it's counter
or to any dealer or other individual,
at less thar it's regular schedule price.
The separation of the oupon into
series of different value, each good
only for the week during which it was
u in the newspaper, put IN effectual
stop to the practice heretofore adopted
of holding out many thousand ballots
to mystify the contestants n dump
ing them in by wagon loads a few
minutes before the hour when the polls
closed. By this means the gambling
element was eliminated and the con-
test developed into what it was in
tended to become; namely, a straight
competition to determine relative pop
ularity. The great total of over 400, 900
votes cast has seldom been equaled
in any part of the country. By every
one of these votes, representing a copy
of the Globe sold and it's coupon
cut out, sent in and counted, the &C
tivity and interest of those who were
canvassing for the different candidates,
and who gathered together we'll up to-
ward half a million votes in the course
of hv weeks, is conspicuously proved.
The o c~ongratulates heartily
the eight prize winners in it's great
tournament. From the beginning al
most the race among the men on the
list lay between Mr.. George DAM, Of
the Great Northern Railway mpa
and Mr.. L. K. Newman, in the en-
ploy Of Manufacturer Bros. Mr.. Danz's
friends were so solicitous on his be-
half that they pushed his vote up to
a figure that no other candidate at
tempted to reach, and yet Mr.. Newman
is not as far behind the latter as the
third mar in the race is behind the
second. Among the ladies, Miss Maude
Gould, in the employ of the Omaha
Railroad company, finished first, with
Miss Harriet Finn, of Schuneman &.
Evans, only a short distance behind.
The contest between the ladies has
been close from the start, and the
third on the list at the close of he
polls could have been made second. or
even first, by a comparatively small
addition to her total vote.
The four successful competitors
named will have a splendid summer
outing at. the entire expense Of the
be. They will leave here on
Tuesday for a trip over the great lakes
ON n Of the pa1atial steamers of the
Northern Steamship company, then to
Niagara Falls, thence over the New
York Central to Albany, down the
Hudson to New York, to Boston and
Newport by the famous Fail River
line, and return to their homes without
the expenditure of a dollar. The
Globe sends its best wishes with
them fer a good time and a happy va
cation.
For the next four who stand second
on the two lists there are waiting the
four beautiful bicycles that have been
on exhibition in the o e counting
room fer some weeks past. These will
go to Mr.. Henry Ekman, Of the Great
Northern Railway company; Mr.. Ned
Cummings, of the Milton dairy; Miss
Theresa Guthurz, of Habighorst's. and
Miss Birdie. Benner, of the Golden Rule.
These splendid wheels are the euuiya-
lent Of the first prize ever offered In
any local voting contest, and the win
ners will be scarcely less delishted
with their prizes than those who carry
off the summer tours.
The G 10 b is we'll satisfied with a.
contest that has been carried to its
close absolutely on its merits; that has
added immensely to its popularity, its
circulation and its advertising value
among the people; that has strength
ened its place in the community. and
that has made eight young people ex-
ceedingly happy. We therefore Join.
as we believe the whole public does.
with the eight prize winners in decIar-
ing the Globes great voting con-
test the greatest success of the year.
GdASI1S LEN1DRE n - sG'Iys0 4 y ",
II there was any man among all
the public men Of the day with whom
Grants relations were SO close that he
could be to him in his letters all he
was, that mar was Elihu 3. Washburn.
1t was he who obtained for Grant his
c~oloneicy when, sick and Disguised ct
the re5uffs his proffer of service met
with, he contemplated going back to
his Galena home, ard it was he who
proved q steadfast friend at court dur
ing those early days when bicker-
Ing. b2ckbiting and jcalousies caused
more mortality among army COM
nlanders than did the bullets az tho
enemy. One usually gets in such let
tiers a view Of the real nal who Is
hidden by his mora formal writings.
Holmes came the nearest to being tho
same man IN his books and letters. but
one would not suspect the qualities in
Lowell that shine out In his letters
from reading his essays or poems,
not excluding evan hic Eiralovy ~