HAD HIM THERE
The ' London Daily Telegraph' tells an amusing election story. A Radical candidate for pne of the metropolitan constituencies was asked at one of his meetings whether he would vote for the repeal of the law which prevents a man from marrying his deceased wife's sister? He replied in the affirmative. " And will you," continued the heckler, ".vote for removing by. Act of Parliament the disability at present exist, ing Whereby a man may not marry his widows' niece?" "Certainly," he rejoined; Now he is sorry he spoke.
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Evening Star, Issue 9834, 24 October 1895, Page 4
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90HAD HIM THERE Evening Star, Issue 9834, 24 October 1895, Page 4
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