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Show rarity of rrenrh Kleotlulis. Venality la wholly exceptional In the Trench election, whatever may be writ- .. V ' , , ten to the contrary by the litterateur, who la accustomed to taking striking exceptions as types, says M. Charles Selgnobos In the International Monthly. Month-ly. There are not In all Frauca more than twenty electoral districts In which the election la carried by money. T could point them out one by one. They are the envlrnna of Paris, In the country placea of the Pyrcneea and of the Alps, and In the Center. It la true that the Conservative candldntea often believe themaelvea obliged to Incur large expense, but the electors, even when they profit by them, continue to vote according to their opinions Money holds very Utile place In the electoral life of France. |