The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-21
SKETCHES OF THE SPEAKERS.
Outlines of the Public Life of Amer
icn'S Distinguished Guests.

Outlines of the Public Life of Amer
icn'S Distinguished Guests.
The Right Honorable Lord Russell. of
KillOwen. LID, grand commander Of the
order Of St. Michael and St. George, from
his connection with the Alaskan fisheries.
and his defense Of Mrs. Maybrick. has be-
come. to some degree. familiar TO the
American reading public. He was born at
Newry. Ireland in 1883. From Ireland he
gets his love Of defending the weaker
cause, his wit, his gift of eloquence and his
sauvity Of demeanor and yet force in ae-
ton which has upset many SNUG wit
ness, and, among others, brought Pigott
the Parnell case forger. on his knees. and
sent him predeStined suicide away from
Albion. Mr.. Russell. as he was until 1886
when he was knighted by Mr.. Gladstone
and then Sir Charles Russell, as he was up
TO 1894. when he was appointed in April
TO become one of the lords of appeal and
received a life peerage from the Gladstone
Rosebery administration was educated in
Trinity College, Dublin. and began his
professional career as a solicitor in Bel
fast. He entered politics as a home ruler
and liberal, and was in parliament from
1880 to 1856, when he became attorney gem
eral in Mr.. Gladstone's cabinet being the
/
Reformation, and the second lrishman,
! Lord Cairns, being the other.
John Morley, in a speech, called him the
| greatest advocate in England" When
the Gladstone government returned to
! power in 1892 Sir Charles was again ap-
pointed attorney general In the six
years between the two administrations
| his private practice had been enormous.
| amounting in all to an income of $4,000
a year. He reached the greatest hight of
/ his fame in his conduct of the trial of
/ Parnell on the charges of the London
/ Times. In 1893 he was of counsel for
/ Great Britain before the Boring sea trib-
| unal, acting with Sir Richard Webster,
| who had been his opponent as counsel for
/ the Times in the Parnell case. His
! speeches made in this case, and his
! speeches on the home rule bill, brought
/ him a peerage just as Mr. Gladstone de-
/ cided to give up the burden, of the liberal
! premiership and to turn it over to Lord
| Rosebery, who became premier in March,
1894. After Sir Charles became Lord Rus
/ sell in April of that year he was appoint
ed successor to Lord Co,erdge, the lord
chief justice, who died in July, and it is
as lord chief justice of England that he
comes to America.
Montague Crackanthorpe Q. c., d. {.
L., who also read a paper before the bar
association, is just year older than Lord
/
| aggressively Saxon as Lord Russell is ag-
gressively Celtic. and his whole life his
tory is that of the typical Engishman.
| For many years he was a leader in the
! courts of chancery but of late has APP
| peared largely before the House of Lords
| and the judicial committee of the privy
council in appeal cases. He has always
been interested in the practical aspect
| of his profession, and has written a num-
| Der of magazine articles on social legal
| and political subjects. Mr. Crackanthorps
is a legal reformer is interested in meth
DDS of legal education and takes a hand
/ In these matters whenever he can. In
| politics he is a liberal-unionist. He is
a noted public speaker, and his addresses
on political and social subjects are among
| the best discussions of the day.
Sir Frank Lockwood, O. c., NJ p, who
| is one of Lord Russells party, was born
| in 1916, is a Cambridge University man
! His political life began practically wher
| he was made one Of the commissioners in
] 1880 to inquire into the corrupt practices
| at Chester. He entered parliament from
/ York in 1885 as a liberal. He is still a lib.
eral, still in parliament, where he is high
/ ly popular on account Of his wit He is
| wont to while away the tedium Of debate
| by drawing caricatures of the members
some of these drawings have become quite
| famous. Sir Frank has always been 9
| friend of the home rule movement, anC
was counsel for the Irish party in the
| great case before the Parnel commits,
! sion. In October, 1884, he was appointed
| solicitor general under Lord Rosebery's
premiership and he received the honor
of knighthood on Nov. 80, 1894