Mr. T. P. O'Connor Mr. T. P. O'Connor, the "
Father of the House of Commons," who died on Monday at the age of eighty-one, will be mourned by men of all parties. He had sat continuously in the House since 1880. He left Ireland to seek his fortunes in London when he was twenty-two, and whatever his parents' plans for him may have been he had no doubt that his career must be a combination of politics and journalism. He took naturally to both, and as an Irish Nationalist he had a position not quite like that of any other member of his Party. Socially he was devoted to England, and particularly to London, which he thought the only place worth living in. He was a hard hitter in politics, but he never bore malice. He certainly had a " way with him," and he raised an incredible amount of money for his Party, chiefly in America, but partly also in this country.
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