The morning call., 1894-08-15

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obtaiuable. about his LOrdship must be
CLEANED, says. That he is rapidly improving
10 health. :: -.:s..~- -. :.
The Rights Hon. Lord Randolph Henry
r. Spencer, MI, Is tie, .Sec0na son of the
sixth DIke0f Mari borough by his marriage
with Lady: Frances Anne=Emily, eldest
daughter ofctIl6 lbild MardalS Of .I5nnd0n-
derry. and was born February 10, I849, and
educated at: Merton College. Oxford. g. He
rerTeseut6d. Woodstock ffom: February.
1874, untl &pEil, 1880, and again from that
time lWbfn :: he was returned with q
diminished: majOrity) until NoYem Der. 1885,:
The POSITION. that Lord Randolph
ChurchilEfas occupied in English politics
for over a: decade past has been most
peculiar one. AtIhe death of the Earl Of
Baaeunsfeld the eyes Of the Conservative
or Tory paFty::in Englan were almost
unaninl gu 81 turn ed upon the.Young scion
Of the Marlborough family as the coming
leader ofths1 aristOeratic party in England.
The Tory pres5:c0nstaDtly sang his praises.
He was cali the. ARuDeTt of debate" and
was lkenpd'}9 DlSfaeli in his freshest and.
youngest days.: ~ - -
Young and goUd-looking, for he was upL
denlsbly g50@-lQOk1ng in these days, heat
tended ass}GUously to his duties in the
House Of Gunim-enst and yet found tins;
to mix IN all that was most brilliant and
best In L0nQ6n so ciety. He took promi-
nent part i'll" Tie establishment of the
Primrose i5axgAP. and was the cherished
darling ofttIe PrtTnrose dames#of high de-;
gree, nhO CAREFULLY foster that=now some
what screditedInstitution, whose prinei-
palObjsct is 10 teach the poor their proper
station ia life, and@ especially to make the
agricultural Ia 6GreTi earning about pine
sullings a week. :cOntented with that
sphere 10 life To- which 1t had pleased God
TO call him. ::
Nj Gladstone, eyer the most generous
OF Opponen IS, always took: the keenestin-
teIest in Lord Randolph Churchill, and
would slfin the# HfiuSe OF Commons lis
tenng with his head bent forward. resting
On his kand. and his. elbow on his knee;
while the young Ipry politician poured
forth abuse, EIbe:and epigram against him..
Mr.. Gladstone usedto bear it all with the
pleased and benevolent smile OF a fond
parent VINO permits a naughty baby boy
10 pull his beard aGd. whlskars, and when
he dld sometimes reply 10 Lord Randolph,
the Grand Old Nan always had something
nice TO say about him, Just as the d0tine
father might OfAis offspring. +aSee what a
manly little fellow he is, aud how full of
life" J.. :.
Lord Randolph Churchill has ALWAYS
been thorn in:the side Of the MARQUIS Of
Salisbury, between whose nephew, the
Hon. a. j. Balfo1f. leader in the House
of Commons. and Lord Randolph, there
has never beenrmncn love lost. When Mr.,
Baifour was leader OF the Conservative
party in the House OF Commons under.
Lord Salisbury's last administration, Lord
Randolph and a: following OF dissffected
Tories, who adhered TO him, were about
az troublesome to Mr.. Balf0ur on the
Government side as were the Irish party
to Mr. Gladstone on the opposition.
AS a speaker: Lord Randolph Churchill
has not q p5epOsSesslnR delivery. His
voice is pitched in high key. and Is harsh
ia M
fIppant while his: style is incIstVe and
eplgrammatic. Unless when he is worked
UP TO a high pressure and is speaking
under some. degree OF excitement,
listener is apt rightly or wrongly, to form
the impression that be is not IN earnest.
His most frequent antagonist In debate
has usually beea Sir William Vernon Har-
court, Chancelfo for OF, the Exchequer, who,
like himself. is a:past master in The art OF
exciting the fury of an antagonist BY
abusive language, couched with such ver-
bal subtely lha tit seldom irespaSsed the
limits Of parliamentary debate. Slr
William HarcoHrt is of course much
oder man, but he and Lord Randolph
nave many characteristics 10 common, one
OF them being that they both married
american ladies, and th0y both owe much
OF thelr social success to lheir wives.
.Lord Randolph. Churchill is quick and
impetu9us and jumps hastily 10 q conclu-
slou' CO. ~ - aC-tlMeS irritable, and has
always shown himself utterly imnafient of
party control. He is aanan of brilliant
intellect and could make mark in almost
anything Do took up provided he would |
only stick 10 it long enough. His likes or |
dislikes for individuals lie never sacks RI |
conceal. After the Unionist partv left |
Mr.. Gladstone, and under the leadership |
of The Marquis Of Harrington and Mr.
Joseph Cham berlain gave their support 70 !
the Conservative side, Lord Randolph az |
ways treated them with a certain amount |
Of superstitious contempt. In fact. when |
the Irish members christened the screw |
maker Of Birmingham Judas Chamber /
lain" it is said that Lord Randolph greeted ]
the new appellationa with an approving
smile.
Aboutsthe last memorable occasion upon
which Lord Randolph Churchill spoke in
the House of Commons was when in direct
opposition to the wishes of his party and
IN open defiance of them he insisted on