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Show HIS PROXY An ex-member of parliament who contested a Highland constituency tells the following annec-dote: annec-dote: "Once, after a long and fatiguing day's canvass, I tackled a dissenting minister, who was very keen upon the subject of getting the bishops out of the house of lords, and in pursuance of his favorite hobby he asked me: 'Well, sir, what , are you prepared to do about the bishops?' I was irritated and fatigued by my day's work, and I testily muttered: 'Oh, hang the bishops!' The minister bowed and replied: 'Well, sir, you go rather beyond me there. I canna undertake to go altogether that length with you, but ye shall hao my vote." |