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Frankly Frank Oliver"[The Alberta journalist and politician Frank Oliver] who had carried his little newspaper press across the prairie in an ox-cart and had patiently published the Edmonton Bulletin under formidable frontier difficulties, was still an Independent with a seat far back among the Liberals... He had the gift of tongues, one of which was suitable for polite conversation and the other was not. His parliamentary speeches were delivered with extraordinary intensity and suggested an outboard motor addicted to backfiring. One of the pastimes of the more light-hearted legislators in those days was to send a note to this speaker or to that in the hope of interrupting his train of thought. An innocent little page boy took one of these missives to the Honourable Frank in the midst of one of his staccato performances. He knew the game. His speech went on unbroken, except for the inclusion of one word: 'Getthehelloutofhere!'"
Oliver, Frank (1853-1933) Canadian journalist and politician
[Sources: Paul Bilkey, Persons, Papers, and Things]More Frank Oliver anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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