The Indianapolis journal., 1896-08-20
THE FOREIGN GUESTS.
Lord Russell, Montague Cracken-

The Right Honorable Lord Russell. of
killowen. LIE. D., grand commander of the
Order of st. Michael and st. George, etc,
whether pleading for his downtrodden
countrymen. abusing the harmless and
necessary seal of Alaskan waters. in the
interest of diplomacy, or defending a
woman accused of a great crime (Mrs.
Maybrick), or a weakling scion of a noble
house in a divorce case Carl Russell, but
no relative), has been such an interesting
figure TO Americans that his coming to set
tie the arbitration question before the
American Bar Association naturally calls
for a brief review of his life, which has
been eventful, in the way of events of
peace that are more famous than those of
war.
Lord Russell was born at Newry. Ireland.
in 1893, and to this day he is a true son
of the land of shamrocks, shillelahs and
shindys From Ireland he gets his love of
defending the weaker cause, his w.t. his
gift OF eloquence and his suavity OF de-
meanor and yet force in action which has
others, brought Pigott, the ParneH case
forger. on his knees. and sent him pre-
Russell, he was until 1856, when he was
knighted by Mr.. Gladstone. and then Sir
Charles Russell as he was, was up p to & 1891; when hen
of the Lords of Appeal and receive Il life
peerage from the Gladstone -Rosebery ad-
miniStratfon, was educated in Trinity Col
ege. Dublin. and began his professional
career solicitor in Belfast. He was
called TO the bar in London in 1888 and
became Queens counsel, and was elected
Bencher of Lncoln's Inn in 1872 He
tered politics Home-ruler and Liberal,
and was in Parliament from 1889 10 1886.
when he became Attorney-general in Mr..
Cladstone's Cabinet, being the first Catho-
lie who filled that post since the reforma-
ton. and the second Irishman Lord Cairns
hain n nj Iah wa
at the bar then that John Morley, in u
| speech. called him the greatest advocate
| in England" When the Gladstone govern
ment returned 10 power in 1892 Sir Charles
| was again appointed Attorney-general. In
| the six years between the two administra-
| tions his private practice had been enor-
nous, amounting in all to an income of
| $125OO0 year. and aside from several
| causes celebres he had reached the great
est height of his fame in his conduct OF
| the tfal of Parnell on the charges of the
London Times. In this case his power as u
| crcss-examner, and his eloquence, shone
as never before and attracted much at
| tention in the United States as in England.
| In 1893 he was of counsel for Great Britain
| before the Berng sea tribunal acting with
Sir Richard Webster, who had been his
| opponent as counsel for the Times in the
Parnel case. His speeches made in this
case, and his speeches on the home rule
| bill, brought him peerage just as Mr..
Gladstone decided 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 Russell in April of that year
| he was appointed successor to Lord Cole
ridge, the Lord Chief Justice, who died
| in July, and it is as Lord Chief Justice of
| England that he comes to America.
| Lord Russelps career on the bench, al
! though but two years in extent, has con-
| firmed the wisdom OF his appointment,
| and his most recent judicial act-his prompt
| refusal to let legal bubbles and the cob
webs of precedent obscure the Jameson
case, is fresh i'll the American mind. He
| will spend about month in America and
| will visit the great lakes.
| Montague Crackenthorpe, Q. c., d. G.
L., who also will read a paper before the
| Bar Association, is just a year older than
| Lord Russell and Was born in 1892. He is
| as aggressively Saxon as Lord Russell is
| aggressively Celtic. and his whole life his
tory is that Of the typical Englshman.
] He was born Cookson, but on succeeding
| to the estates which had been in the fam
| lily since Edward III, he changed his name
to Crackenthorpe. Mr.. Crackenthorpe' S
| Wordsworth. AS a schoolboy the future
| counselor was an apt scholar, taking
| many prizes. and he gained many honors
| and scholarships when he. was at Oxford,
| in 1S50-5f. On taking up the law he was
] awarded the studentship of the Four Inns
| Queens counsel and in 1877 became a
| benchman of Lincolns Inn. For many
| years he was leader in the Courts of
| Chancery, but of late has appeared 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 number of magazine articles
| on social, legal and political subjects.
| Mr.. CrackenthOrpe is q legal reformer is
interested in methods of legal educa ton
| and takes a hand in these matters when
| ever he can. In politics he is a Liberal
| Unionist. A political tour OF Ireland, which
| he made in 1887, detailed in his letters
| to the Times, has given him much meat
| for argument against home rule. He is a
noted speaker. and his addresses po-
| litical and social subjects are among the
| best discussions of the day.
Sir Francis Lockwood. @. c.. NJ. p. who
| is one of Lord Russslls party was born
| in 1916, is Cambridge University man.
| He called to the bar at Iincolns Inn
| in 1872, and became a Queens counsel i'm
| 1882 and bencher in 1885. His political
| life began practically when he was made
one of the commissioners in 1850 to inquire
| into the corrupt practices at Chester He
| was recorder of Sheffield In 1884 and en-
| tered Parliament from York i'm 1885 as a
| Liberal. He is still a Liberal still in Par
| lament where he is highly popular on
| account of his wit and his waggish ten
denotes. He is wont to while away the
| tedium Of debate by drawing caricatures
| of the members: some of these drawings
| have become quite famous. His talent in
this line saw publicity when he illustrated
| c. j. Darling's facetious legal work Sir
Frank has always been n friend of the
| home rule movement. and was counsel for
| the Irish party in the great case before
the Parnell commission. In October 1854
| he was appointed Solcitor-general under
i Lord Roseberys premiership. and he re-
\ ceived the honor of kpighthood Nov. go