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Show "FATHER" TIRED OF HIS JOB IllllillHriHimilllHllilll'1 Tnnt B0," Americans have a right to vote for I 1 jJJT! J nn English member of parliament Is not generally I cil kuown, yot It is n fact All graduates of tho old- Kjffl ivl or Wu'vorB'l'OB ,n England lrnvo this privilege, and w4W' v? thoao from over tho water who hnppeu to bo in 1 .$m& 'TllfcS ti ICngland nt tho tlmo Boon will have tho chance to H'lP "w j oxorclso tholr right, for J. 0. Talbot, M. P., who I I mfffi uflL V U ,U1B ''el,ro80nt01' Oxford unlvorslty for 31 yoars, I Ir v? 'i w'" wo ro-oluetlon at tho gonornl election, now I I affijjfer if bollovod to bo not very far off, mfiufauT $J On tho death of tho lato prim ralnlator, Sir JaLwA'iS Henry Campbell Ilanuonnan, Mr. Talbot Biicceed, taUKy'' Yiii od to tho title of "father" of tho houso of com-WsM1 com-WsM1 vVWPu mons. Ho has sat continuously In that assombly JTf7it VVI for n longer porlod than any of hla collonguoa, bo- '' WTVSW 1 jug rottirnod for West Kent lu Decombor, 1868, tho Hnuio month In which tho previous holder of tho title of "fnthor" also entered. In 1S78 when Mr, Oathorno-Hardy, thon member of tho unlvorslty, wont Ijito tho houso of lords, ho was Invited ta bocomo candidate for tho vacant seat. Ho, therefore, resigned his sont tor West Kent nnd wns elected for tho unlvorslty, u position ho Una hold over Hindu. ' During hla 11 yonra In tho house, Mr. Talbot has hold no prominent pub-llo pub-llo position. As botlta tho constltuonoy whlchho roproaonta, ho hna con QQruoil hluiaolf mainly with nuostlonu relating to religious and educntloua) mattorH. He In an uvaloslnstlcnt commlaalouor nnd a privy councillor. |