The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-21
EDITORIAL NOTES.

There will be i44 votes in the next Electoral
College, and the Presidency can be won by 223
OF them. From present Indications the ST. Louis
Globe Democrat argues that the States will thus
align themselves thus next year: Republican,
California 8, Colorado 4, Idaho 8, Illinois "a,
Iowa -. Kansas TO- Maine 6, Massachusetts Is,
Michigan ., Minnesota .. Nebraska s, Nevada 3,
New hampshire 4, North Dakota 5, Ohio %, Ore
gou i, Pennsylvania 49, Rhode Island 4, South
ID ,kota 4. Vermont 4, Washington 4 Wisconsin
IL. Wyoming 3. Total, 210. Democratic-AIa-
bama II, Arkansas s. Connecticut 6, Delaware
3, FLORIDA /, Georgia 10, Kentucky Is, LousI-
ana s, Maryland 8, Michigan 5. Mississippi Q,
Missouri II. New Jersey TO- North Carolina IL.
South Carolina . Tennessee II, Texas 10, Vlr-
glnia 10, West Virginia 6. Total, $50. Doubt
ful-lndiana 10, Montana 3, New York So.
Total, 81. Tie Democrats allowed every
State which Cleveland carried in 1884. and part
of Michigan, which Will choose electors by Con-
gressonal districts. The Republicans are al
lowed The States carried by them Ia 1888 except
New YORK, Indiana aud portion Of Michigan.
of the SIX new States, The DakOtas. Washington,
Idaho aud Wyoming are placed in the Republi-
can column. Montana, however, is placed In the
doubtful list. In the opinion of the GioJe- Dem.
ocrGt the great contest Will be for The Oh dehat-
able votes OF New York, Indiana ana Montana.
Either Indiana or New York Will give the Re-
publ!canS the victory. With Indiana alone they
Will have two more votes til IN the 223 required
TO elect, ana with New York alone they Will have
twenty-three more than they need. The Demo
Gratis, on tue other hand, must gain New York
and Indiana to win. New York and Montana
VIII leave them four votes short Of the number
required for choice, and Indiana and Montana
Will leave them twenty-five votes short
NJ. jules Simon has earned the gratitude Of the
worklngwOmen Of France by pleading their cause
in ile Senate and urging mat the working wife
and mother should have at least one OF the hours
she now SPENDS In the factory or the workshop
to devote TO her home and children. The Sen
ator asserted that: " III lie towns where woman
is transformed Into an Industrial creature she
disappears rs wife and mother from human
society. She is separated all day, sometimes
part OF the night also and in certain cases the
whole OF tile night from her family. The conse-
quence OF this abSenteeism Is the almost entire
dissolution Of the family. The husband seeks
elsewhere the happiness which his wife, detained
like him during the day from the home, cannot
max. Tor Him. The children are brought up
away from their oheTs, in the CTeche or the
refuge, If there is one, and II not in the Streets
Marriages decrease divorces Increase" While
the bill regulating the hours OF labor OF women
and children as passed by the Senate was not all
lie desired, he hopes IN the future TO see his
wishes in a great measure realized.
Commenting on British declaration that
larger arrivals OF Valencia Taisns Will ultimately
reach That country tDan IN former years, chiefly
in consequence OF the Americans not recurring
this Kind of fruit from Spain now that they can
grow it for their own use, the Herald Of Trade
argues thar our English COUSINS understand Ine
situation thoroughly and adds: THE California
ralsin has won It's greatest battle with the
Spanish product. Ii has shown The foreign grow
ers anc shippers IN the past ten years that,
despite lively competition which brought prices
TO the extreme limit of profitable production, and
In spite OF the ravages OF phylloxera ana vine
diseases OF all kinds, the California crop has in
proved in quality and Increased in quantity from
year TO year as rapidly all the circumstances
justified. In fact it has shown that IL cannot
be knocked out by tile Spanish rasin. The
Spanish growers and shippers know II and the
limited shipments TO the United States so far,
show almost conclusiyely that they are gradu-
ally abandoning all hope OF extending trade 10
American markets."
The California prune Is rapidly displacng the
foreign article. A New York trade journal de.
clares there Is no MARKET for the imported
article. There is, 1t intimates, considerable
stock OF old. portion OF which has been pol
iShed aud put IN condition 10 resemble new
goods, but the " renovatIng" process does not
count for much as the cry is general for Call