New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-01-25


os'ius'' 10 use his own phrase. displayed great
capacities for leadership In 1852 pcrceivlnC that
HIS reader was not showing the party sport"
i|oTu randolph proceeded to DO SO by waging in
cesSaht guerilla warfare the Egyptian policy
vi 'he Government. In vain did Sir Stafford North
eo'e 'rown on his unpatrioc attacks In the end
ne had once more to follow Lord Randolph VINO
'heh conceived the audacious scheme Of first push
ing Mr. Gladstone and Nj Bright into war, and
theh holding them up to odium rs men OF blood.
III some OF his public addresses he violent
10 an extreme degree. Thus. speaking al Princes
han. Pccadilly. day. en- Mr.. Gladstone's
Egyptian policy. he declared that the Liberals had
waio"el in a stining morass of the most degraded
and servile worship of the Prime Minister they
mad sunk below the level Of slaves" had be
come puppets. the object OF derision and
tempt. ana had lost all claim 10 the title Of
rational human beings" He exhoriel his audience
I, "dssh from his pride OF place ne evil and moon
his colleagues as men VINO have on their souls
the blood Of the massacre Of Maiwand the blood
OF the massacre of l.aing's Mex, the blood of Sir
Georfe Collev. the blood of Lord Frederick Cav
endish and Mr.. Burke, OF man. other of the true
blood OF Hicks Pacha and his 10000 soldiers. the
blood of the army OF General Baker. tho blood OF
Iewfk Bey and his 800 heroes. For four years
This Ministry has literally waded In blood their
hands are literally dripping and rocking with
and their is incffaceably stamped upon tho
history OF the world by an overlooking stream Of
many more Of England's best and bravest are to
be sacrificed TO the Moloch OF Midlothian?
A CONSERVATIVE LEADER
All this sound and fury did not. however, con
cea the young mans real worth. The old Tory
leaders saw that ne touch with the people
the real leader of what began to be known as
the Tory Democracy. lie therefore neccs
sary 10 them. and they eagerly met him more
than half way reconciliation. When he volun-
teered to beard Mr.. Chamberlain in his strong
hold at birmingham. the delight OF the Tories
knew bounds When he chosen chairman Of
the National Union OF Conservative Associa tons.
and cooy attempted TO accmatize the hated Biz
mngham in the Carlton Club. the heads
OF the party felt tina; it time to put him in his
proper place. There tart correspondence be-
tween him and Lord Salisbury. and then Lord
Randolph suddenly resigned his hairmanship In
dcating at the time his intention to retire
from public life. But the Tories OF the boroughs
would not let him retire and 1t soon became clear
that he mus; be conclliated. Lord Salisbury asked
him TO dinner The Tory caucus reelected him
as chairman. the Carlton ceased from troubling
and the party at rest.
His next game was to lure the Irish Nation
alists into a subterranean alliance with the Torres
and by aid OF their vote turn Mr.. Gladstone out OF
office This achievement procured for him. when
Lord Salisbury formed Government in 1883. the
Secretaryship 70: India. 1t enabled him 10 in
sst on the exile of Sir Stafford Northcote TO the
House OF Lords. and also to obtain places Tor
,ster he showed high executive ability and amply
justified the confidence his friends had felt III
That Salisbury Ministry was. however; short
lived. The election Of 1886 brough; Mr. Gladst9ne
election that followed the rejection Of Nj Glad
stones Home Rule bill ended in the formation OF a
doph Churchill as Chancellor OF The Exchequer
and leader Of the H0nse 81 ngSnst waste
full public expenditure. and Lord Randolph thought
was 1 bound sar%s insist ftS on sweeping e
thwarted by his colleagues and 50 he resis"rn ca. a.
was was nneenceaied and indeed he never lived down
the suspicion that as a colleague ne was not 10
friend OF the Government was sterzed by tn"
temporary success Of his successor. Mr.. Gos'hen'
and embittered by the discovery that he was mis-
taken when he fancled ne was Indispensable
CLOSE OF HIS CAREER
After getting out Of oflice LORI Randolph went to
South Africa an1traveiied extensively in Mashona-
land and other regions. He wrote many inter
esting newspaper articles about his travels. and
also n book on the same subject. on his return
TO England he renewed 10 some extent his inter
est in politics and there some expectations OF
his securing party leadership. But that was not
TO be His fortune had been lost In unfortunate
god-m specua ;ions in Africa. and his health vas
seriously impaired. Now and then h" appeared IN
the House and spoke. but he was not the dashing
Randy" OF Old. but prematurely broken-do"n
man.
quest OF health His condition made rest and
cluslon necessary. But by the ignorant and heed.
less It wa supposed nc was putting airs.
worse and many unjust and cruel things were
said OF him. In August he left this country for
India. and got back 10 England only few weeks
ago He had been Ill during the whole trip from
India. and almost dying when he reached
home.
Lord Randolph was married. in the same month
in which he hrst entered Parliament TO Jennie
Jerome. daughter Of Leonard Jeror'e. OF New
York. Lady Randolph Churchill is n woman Of
marked ability and ambition. and was Of great as
sistance TO her husband in his political career.