Morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven [Conn.]) 1848-1894, 1886-11-06
EDITORIAL nOTES.

The Supreme court of Tennessee has deci-
ded that blacksmith that keeps the
seventh instead of the first day of the week
as Sunday violates the law by working at his
trade on the day observed by the general
community as Sunday.
An experiment in the reformation of con-
victs which will be watched with interest is
about to be begun in Ohio. An intermedi-
ate penitentiary is being constructed, in
which will be incarcerated ''6rst-term" and
'shght-sentence" convicts for whose reforma-
ton there is hope.
The Industrial Education association of
New York intends to do something if it can.
1t makes an offer to the board of education
to educate free of charge a certain number of
public school children in accordance with
manual training principles, the girls in cook
ing and sewing, the boys in carpentering,
and both in industrial drawing and clay
modelling. Doubtless this generous offer
will be accepted.
The Importance to the Republicans of the
result of the congressional elections just held
will be realized when it is considered that in
case the next presidential election should be
thrown into the house there will be twenty
States out of the thirty eight voting as a unit
for the Republican candidate, as follows: Cal
ifornia, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts,, Michigan,
Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont,
Virginia, Wisconsin.
The woman suffrage bill which has passed
the lower house of the Vermont legislature is
not very satisfactory to those whom it was
intended to appease. 1t does not propose
that women shall vote as right, or that they
shall have the privilege of the suffrage in its
full extent. The occasions on which they
may vote, under this bill, are Sin town, city
or village elections" and only then if they
are on the list as owning property to the val
ue of 5000. The bill, it is thus seen, limits
the proposed suffrage to local elections. The
property qualification, also, restricts the
privilege to very small class and may be
considered as practically negativing the
grant to the women of Vermont.
Henry George, now that he has turned
politician, is in fair way to find out some
things. The strongest book that Mr.. George
has written is his Protection or Free Trade"
in which he out -Hurds Hurd as free trader,
and it is upon this line that Mr.. George has
said the way must be prepared for the intro
duction of his social reforms But, as the
Brooklyn Union points out, everywhere the
labor organizations, either as separate body
or as independent voters, showed their
strength in the congressional elections on
Tuesday it was directed to the defeat Of anti
protectionists. Mr.. Morrison was beaten by
workingmen. Mr.. Carlisle's opponent, who
came SO near defeating him, is himself me-
chanic. The Knights of Labor Joined the
Republicans and elected Nichols in the Ra-
leigh CNC) district. Mr.. Hurd was beaten
by workingmen in the Toledo (O) district,
and labor candidate was elected in the
Sixth Virginia district on protection plat
form.
The changes which have been made in the
presidential Offices in the interior department
from March a, 1885, to October 1, 1885, are
thus stated by the Civil Service Record: The
| whole number of such Offices is BIT, of which
number 327 have fixed terms of four years
| each. The total number of changes made in
these offices since March 4, 1885, is 26S, or
| II per cent. The removals are SS; the resig-
nations-of which large number are equiv
alent to removals are 100; deaths. 2; drop