Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1888-07-28

LONDONs July lo-EOE n
less is generally known Of Lord Salisbury
than, probably, of any Of his predecessors
durin the half century of the reign.
Nov am not concerned with Lord Sails
bury, the politician. He must speak for
himself to those who are curious in political
portraiture. My purpose is to portray Lord
Salisbury. the Englishman, typical as he is
of much more than the mere party politician,
as we shall see.
Just q hundred years ago the earls of
Salisbury got lift in the world. They be-
came marquises for evermore, unless the
queen elevated them into dukes, beyond
which omnipotence itself could not hitch
them higher up the aristocratic tree. 1t is
understood that Lord Salisbury has twice
declined the dukedom rendered to him by
the queen Of late
Fiftyeight years ago, 1880, was born Rob
ert Arthur Talbot Gascoine Cecil, the pres
ent Marquis of Salisbury. He was a younger
son, and had no prospect Of being peer, his
title as "Lord" Robert Cecil being merely a
courtesy title He proved TO be one of the
hardest headed fellows in his college and uni
versity, first rate all round scholar and a
hard reader and thinker. Ee took to jour-
nalism quite naturally, and at once his pen
won front place by its biting sharpness and
free, slashing style. Then he entered the
house of commons OF course he was a big
oted Tory in politics; he curled his lip in
GRAND scorn at the idaa of mo ;orit, ~ and
firej his biggest e,,ns ag,irs, tbe r;s;n,, 80
the democratic rank and fila R,t ha ,,os
always respected bv bis so.S NOT on1,, ,o,.
the hrilliance and nover ~ he ,a,, ~, ~
cause he. with Lori C.r,arvon b.s ol,,a, ,-s
been strictly consisten, alI .lons, T., ,oI;t;cs
When he ioined Lord Derbrss and Ms.
raeli,s government of 1s,7 and thev yoya tho
reonle the refnrn hin which tbar Ma -,
when Lord Russell and Gladstona had v.inl,,
tried 10 nass Lord Rohart, Cac;l mo, o,I,, Iaf,
his friends in DISGUST but nut II on rscord in
some of the most famous sarcastic sneecbes
and rav;aw articles .yo, ,,,,,g,,,-,,,, 4, =.
time Merit wear vbi,a oplv ss ba ba,a,,o
MARQUIS of Salisbury his elder brother har.
ING died without Issue Now cam, h;s On
portunity. and this Is how be usad II
He might have settled down to the lifs NJ
a country squire with literary tastes His
home. Hatfield house. ia a piorims nleca.
every brick of it has its historical attrac.
ton. It is only twenty miles ont, of london
The railway depot opens right ON 10 the haau.
t;ful ,atas of the nort Tba hr,,sa :, :. ,,r,tIo
Elizabethan mansion. its red br;clrs ,nallouad
by the centuries into an exquisite CONTRAST
harmony with the grass and FOLIAGE and the
lake and the gravel paths. Just three bun.
dred years ago Queen Elizabeth Maid a visit
of compliment to her prime minister names
Lord Robert Cecil in this bo,,sa M Eatf,ald
and last summer Oueen Victoria paida snsciaI
visit To her prime minister. Robert Cecil
Marouis of Salisbury in the salf same ola
mansion. And the event was remarkable ON
its own account- anart from the historic
recollection, because the queen never visits
her friends. except for convenience wben in
their neiphborhood on public business To
visit few would cause iealonsv and to visit
all is imuossible.
When be settled down In this mspnif,cent
home Lord Salisbury was able to afford the
qualification of several hobbies First Of
these was his love of chemical science He
fitted ND in that old Elizabetban mansion
one oftbe most extensive and ayn.ns;1,a Ia
boratories, and there the premier patiently
piods over his experiments and ;nvest;gations
for the sheer love of the thing II ha vero 10
blow the bot,se nm the loss would ha notionoI
in importance. but he il TOO old a hand at bis
work
More striking still in the vav of contros.
between the newest modern discoveries and
the ancient boms was lord Salisbprv,s ;nt-o-
duction of the electric light into Hatfield
house. This. strange to saw was the first
private English mansion Lit with electricity
and vet Lord Salisbury has been represent.d
as stupid old aristocrat. impervions To mol
ern ideas and ayerse to ali progress He
superintended the installation himself and
made a good MANY improvements and modi.
fcations remember one of his engineers
being killed by touching the wires running
along the garden wall Lord Salisbury at
once altered the ar1anpement and nrovidad
for the man "a family II GOOD Onaan Ress
were 70 revisit her room in Hatfield hopse to.
day she would fancy IL 10 be batbad In the
pIimusas of the moon avery night uplass bar
nremier,s namesake gave her phost an object
lesson in the shocking effects n, the Ed;son
light
The nrofound scholarship NJ Lord Sa,;e-
hurry. as separate from his mere ;oprnal;st,c
capacitv. is sufficiently att.sted bv the fact
that be had been the cbanceIIor of Oxford
university since 1860 and is an q I, be.
sides hearing various other substantiaI de-
rnees. The greatest seat of learning IN the
Kingdom does mot lightly entrust lis highest
Interests to. nor confer its highest honor mon.
a man famous merely for rank or ORDINARY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The mera politician vronlJ
NOT have won that sipnal dis.;nctioo Tba
head of that great un;versitv ,puet b;,,Salf
he ,-reat in intellectual canacitv and acbiave-
- - - yy, -, q.
ness Of Lord Salisbnrvfor this most Of honor
One prime factor in his election has been
his high churchmauship Here we view him
in another of his various distinct aspects
oxford is the nursery of the church and
when Il possessea Mr.. Gladstone as its renre.
sentative in the house of commons il was
proud OF his immense intellectual power.
Of his feryid biph churchmanship. and Of