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Show Electioneering Expenses in France. Whereas electioneering In Great Urltuln Is nothing Uko so expensive as It used to he, the tendency In France Is all the other way, for there Is no limit Imposed on the amount a candidate candi-date may spend. In an article advocating advo-cating tho need of a law to restrict election expenses M. Jenn ISaruard remarks: re-marks: "My old friend Floquct told me that In 1691, when he was first elected for the Eleventh nrromllsse-ment nrromllsse-ment of Patls, the election cost him only 1,500 francs. At tho general election elec-tion of 1801, when he wns defeated, Flonuet spent 25,000 francs, nnd I had to spend even more than that when 1 stood for tho same constituency In 1010. My opponent's victory on this occasion Is said to have cost him 200,-000 200,-000 francs, and I believe that estimate to be by no means exaggerated." Manchester Guardian, |