Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-02
FOREIGN NEWS.
Sensible Letter from Minister McLane to
French OfficiaIs.


French Officials.
PARIS, December 1st-M. Rouquet, Sec
retary of the Paris Municipal Council, has
forwarded to United States Minister Nc
Lane a petition adopted by the Council
November 9th, asking for his intercession
with the Governor of Illinois on behalf of
| the condemned Chicago Anarchists. Nc
| Lane sent the following reply:
As the petition is destined for the Gov
erDor of Illinois, and made with the object
of sparing human life, will not refuse my
| assistance, if you persist in demanding il.
| But allow me to inform you that in the
present case it is useless. You can, with
out disadvantage and with as much efficacy
as l, address yourself direct to the Execu
tive of Illinois, who alone has the power of
granting a pardon. Without raising any
objection to the accomplishment of your
wishes, l beg that you will rest assured
that capital punishment is applicable
in no State of the Union to politi-
cal offenses. 1t is prescribed only
| for odieus crimes against the public,
such as murder and rape, committed under
! aggravated circumstances and with pre-
meditation. In political matters there ex-
lists in the United States a moderation
which even profound disagreements are
| powerleSs to alter. In the discussion of
great political and social problems touch
| ing the welfare of the workers, we proceed
with wide liberty, showing a spirit of fra
| ternity and tolerance which renders vio-
lence inexcusable and always prejudicial to
| its authors. When the majority pro
nounees every one submits. If this great
and salutary principle of giving expression
to the will of the majority, which forms the
| basis of American institutions, be ignored,
social order founded on liberty and frater
nifty collapses, and society falls once more
into chaos" McLane, at the request of the
! Council, has consented to transmit the pc
| tition to Governor Oglesby
Matters in Germany
BERLIN, December 1st.-The Reichstag
has concluded the discussion of the budget.
Ii decided to refer certain sections to the
budget committee, and to deal with the
remainder at the plenary sitting of the
House. In the course of the debate Herr
Jaeoby, Secretary of State for the Imperial
Treasury, denied that the establishment of
tobacco monopoly formed part OF the pro-
gramme of the Government
Justus Klotz, Progressist candidate for
the Reichstag in the First Electoral District
of Berlin, is conducting a vigorous cam
paign, addressing meetings wherever the
Social element is prominent.
AiAo GBSNNANS e1AG 4CNSANGu VIII GtllLuSldSl1.
Eugene Reichter, Schenck, Won Stauffen-
berg and Albert Fraeger are giving him
active support. These speakers announce
that the ProgreSsist party will vote against
prolonging the operation of the anti-So-
cialist law.
Herr Reichensperger's dueling bill, now
before the Reichstag, aims chiefly at the
suppression of dueing by lot, by which
method the person drawing the fatal lot
commits suicide within fixed time. The
press generally ridicules the bill, and asks
Reichensperger TO produce authentic cases
of such duels.
A promising student at the Erlangen
University has been killed in duel with
pistols. His opponent fed.
The Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwe is
in critical condition, and his physicians
have ordered him to Cannes tor the winter
Otto Spanier, the leading bookseller of
Leipsic, is dead.
Elections ia Ireland.
DUBLIN, December tst-Timothy D. Sui
livan has been reelected Lord Mayor of
Dublin. O'Keefe, a solicitor, has been
elected Mayor of Limerick Both Sullivan
and 0'Keefe have pledged themselves to
refuse any honors which may be offered by
the Queen during jubilee year. John Dill
Ion heads the list of candidate for the office
of High Sheriff of Dublin Alderman
Richard Power has been reelected Mayor
of Waterford. The Earl of Erne has been
elected Grand Master of the Orange Lodge
Officials Punished.
PARIS, December 1st.-Three of the Mar
seilles municipal officers, who have been on
trial at the AK Assizes on charges of cor
ruption, have been condemned to civic de-
gradation and to pay fine of 200 francs
each. Three others have been acquitted.
London Wool Market.
LONDON, December 1st-At the wool
sales to-day there was a large attendance.
Bidders showed more confidence, and the
market was slightly firmer
The Same Old Story.
NEW York, December 2d-A. M-The
Td6ute's London special says: A Vienna
correspondent says it is as yet uncertain
whether the Prince of Mingrelia will rule
over Bulgaria. Another candidate in the
Duke of 0ldenburg has already been men,
toned, and it is thought he would be ac-
ceptable to Bulgaria. Russia will not re-
cede from her refusal to recognize the So
branje and Regency.