The herald., 1894-12-28

Q0ko, anu t0eT6 WAS ilttiS uppooAeAoA W
the candidacy of the young lord.
HIS FIRST SPEECH.
Almost his first speech in the house
created . tumult. ,Sir Stafford North
cote, leader OF the Conservative party.
took offense at SONS, remarks of Lord
Randolph concerning the financial pol
icy of Lord Beaconefiti I'D. A motion to
close the debate havin & been made, the
Young lord insisted on recognition at
the hands Of the epeaktr. and turning to
the Conservative benc hes augrily said
"You may not want to hear me now.
but the time will COME when you will
have to-"
He at once undertook to found an in
dependent party, and. with Henry
Gorst, Sir Drummond W ff and George
Balfour, created the Conservative an
mex. known as the Fourth party.
Mr.. Gladstone. who was then n
n ,wer, had no particular love for the
yoN 'ng politician, who carried on a Wig
oroti,, warfare against the Grand Old
Man. Lord Churchill wills brilliant
apeakef. and whenever he arose to de-
hate a crowd would always flock in from
the smokinc-rooms His speeches were
fnll of sarcssNu, and he did OF hesitate
to burl invectfys against Mr.. Gladstone.
ON one occasion he dubbed the great
Liberal leader 'the Moloeal OF Mid
lothjan:'' anotheg time he referred to
him ss "a plunderfng cuckoo, and even
did not hesitate to tell the a rest COM
moner THAT he was intoxicaa "a WIN the
exuberance of his own verbs sity; ~
course the conservatives hu wied Win
delight at the verbal onelaua hts OF the
leaders of the Fourth party, bu he often
proved thorn in the side OF the 1ory
leaders, for he would oppose then as
eheeffuily ss he did she LiAen ais.
AGGRESSIVE POLICY.
For years le carried on guerrilla
warfare, owning allegiance to = party
not even his own pet Fourth" There
was scarcely o measure introduce 81 INTO
the house upon which be did not SPEAK.
hut while he scored heavily in deb ate b9
hurling defiance 70 the leaders, tne
orsyer heads accused him of vacilA alton
for his own personal advan cen lent.
When Charles Bradlaugh sought ad. ms,
siop TO the commons as the dnfy eles ;ted
rsprsssn tativs Of Northampton 1t was
Lord Churchill who lead the night 10
prevent the apostle Of atheism wrlti ng
M. p. aiter his name. :,
The speressiveness of the new echo ol
OF conservative politics was soon recon- :
nized by the leaders, and Lord Church.
i'll found himself practically leader ca
the party in the commons, when Loru
Salisbury succeeded Beaconsfeld.
In 1884 there were many momentous
questions under consideration. Ihe
egyptian war proved advantageous Tor
the more ase OF Churchill's popularity.
Night after night he taunted Gladstone
ON q want OF definite policy on that CAM
paign, Public feeling was aroused at the
manner in which the government was
acting, and Lord Churchill had many
passage of arms with the aged premier.
- Randy is going to speak tonight"
was suffi cient inducement to imply hall
the clubs Of Pail Mall and send the oe-
cupants to the galleries OF the House OF
Commons. He would always walk from
one of the clubs to the parliament house,
snd would be followed by hundreds OF
admirers, who would cheer him on bis
way. And whenever the short. stocky
figure in svcning dress was seen arlslng
in his seat in the house, Mr.. Gladstone
would always reach out Tor glass OF
the famous sherry and egg, which 1t 10
supposed gives him strength for debate.
in his left eye, and give his heavy dark
mnstaches twirl when about to attack
the prime minister, and the members
could ALWAYS tell when Randy" wss
resdy for the fight.
And how the members and galleries
would howl with delight whenever hs
made a particular thrust in the Glad.
Ut0nian armor.
GIVEN PoRTFoLIO.
At length the Liberals were defsatsd
June 8, 1885, on the budget, and Lord
Salisbury was intrusted by the queen to
form cabinet.
He at once saw that the aggressive
young Churchill must be taken into the
party council, and he was given the
portfolio OF secretary of state for India.
This WAS looked upon as an anti.Rus-
sian attitude. Soon after bitter quarrsls
arose between Lord Churchill and Sir
Stafford Northcote. To make peace the
latter was sent to the house of lords,
and Churchill became Chancellor of
the exchequer. IL was coon seen
that the policy of Lord Churchill
underwent a violent change. and he was
called = political westhercock" by
Gladstone. Where he had formerly de-
manded an increase of the army and
navy, he now insisted upon retreneh
mont. Where he had demanded increase
of taxation, he now called for a reduc-
tion. He ousrreled with the other
members Of the cabinet. and finally in
the fall OF 1856 resigned his portfolio.
He WAS at once denounced on all
sides by the Conservative press.
and the act spread CONSERVATION
in the ranks. Gladstone and his followers
openly rejoiced at the dispute, and
Churchill at once returned to his early
tactics of independence in the commons.
In speaking of Lord Churchill the
Fortnightly Review SAYS: "The evil
results of this blind deeire on the part of
the many to follow some one political
leader are manifest enough in the one
case now under consideration. Lord
Churchill has done nothing to deserve
the popularity accorded him. He is
very clever and his cleverness is OF the
sort to please the British electorate.
His pungent phrases tickle thsir fancy
Rs strong beer does the palate"
HIS HEALTH FAILED.
Lord Churchill continued to be o
striking figure in British politics until
three years ago when his health failed.
There were many rumore as to the
cause Of bis leaving England for the in.
terror of Africa on hunting expedi-
tion. He had never lived the life OF an
aveyage man about town. and no one
could accuse him OF following in the
footsteps OF his brother, the notorious
Marouis of BlRndford The cause of hjs