The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-18
Ro$eberv


Since then, voWing that he knows 40,
tics no more. he has made speech e.
speech OF which no word has been ,,lsse,
by political reports of all eorn,,ax;..s
without once betraying which way he -
going 10 jump next lie Is now tha -.
brilliant orator In England. ana i,
striking fact that his speeches reas 60
better than they sound When nr,,.~s
they become sparkling ESSAYS ear-x,..
with them no suspicion OF the platform
Lord RoSebeTy appears In Ianao, 80.
rarely. spending the most Of his ,,,r s'v
Mentmore, his stately home IN B,,rktr.
hamsh.re hcaueathed TO him. along w,ss
millions OF money. by his wife. who Az
IN 1852 Al the cozier Epson, home cal,..
The purdans, or AT the great grim ,r.,'-
sion at Dalmeney. that looks ON, On ~.
bridge across the Firth. or again n, g.
Abbey the historic home Of hls ync,ns.
the Duchess Of Cleveland hvepes, 80
most energetlc OF an English Young lafsa.
OF SO
perhaps his most Intimate chum ~,
to his son Albert Edward Harry Msvss
Archibald Primrose, Lord Dalmencv. xha
celebrated his eighteenth birthday an ~
Sth of this month is his rich ana hass
some son-in-law, Lord Crewe former "a
lieutenant of Ireland. who married fsss
Peggy Primrose last Arril But ~,
may be sure Lord Crcwe knows as maj.
OF the inner workings Of this mys,er,oa.
mans mind az any one.
Locating Him Politically.
Is Lord Roscbery coming or going poit.
ically? Although he has had such extra.
ordinary popularity with the people tAs
political leaders are not overload OF him
Under solemn promises not TO reveal
names, l have talked with members ~
parliament of widely varying views cca.
corning this brilliant and lucky msn
One Of the most prominent Of them-ana
II is eNasperating that his name canno;
he given. for every newspaper reader in
the United States would recognize i,--sasa
1T might almost be remarked that LORI
Rosehery's future, or his Immediate ~.
ture. anyway. Is in the hands Of Lord Rch-
erts. although perhaps that dis,ineuish-a
general would be rather surprised Il IL
realized IL. The explanation Is this. Al
though the tide Is beginning 10 set toward
the Liberal party. there are two branches
OF that party which are widely divergent
Rosehery is an imperiallst almost i isnga
The opposing branch Is anti-impcrialfa.
Now, if the campaign OF Lord Roberts ia
south Africa should be quickly and com
pletely effective. the imperialistie dee
might yet be triumphant. despite the pres
ent strong current OF popular feeling
against the government. OF course. n tho
Conservatives lose and yet the imper.al-
i~,ic idea remains popular. when the next
appeal is made to the country Lord Rose
berry can have whatever he wants. But
the longer the war drags on the less Ia the
prestige OF Imperialism, and the more viii
the British public count the cost OF On.
panslon. SO the longer II takes Lord Rob.
erts to whip the Beers the worse II " fnr
Lord Rosebery But you must understand
that such forecasts as this must be takea
with an allowance for the unexpected
We can only say such and such thInss
win happen unless something unforeseen
happens TO interfere Lord Rosehery says
he Is out OF politics and may not want 10
be premier again unless he has an almost
unanimous cali from the Liberal PARTY.
but. at any rate. you may be sure Of ons
thing. and that is that he enjoys political
power quite as much as any one else, and
that II the rest OF the country spends an
hour day ON It's knees IN prayer for
Lord Roberts speedy success. Lord Rose
berry spends two hours"
Tory View Of Ros~b~ry.
And here IL what Tory Of the Tories
says;
'Rosebery N charming fellow. nut
light, sir. light as feather on the
breezes, He has impressions and no
doubt he thinks they are worthy OF The
name Of political principles hut they
are far from being big strong conyicteHs
lie Is too graceful for that lf he happens
10 be handy some time when tn. Llhefsl
party comes into power and wants an
ornamental premier. no d0iIb, he VIII b.
chosen. but for a vigorous leader who car
beat out a difficult path for the rest 70
follow safely, a different sort Of man 10
wanted
And here are the words OF an avowsA
little Engianders
Lord Rosobery iH a lazy man, lie taes
not care enough about anything % taks
much reRi trouble over H. ! ws~ connset.
ed with him In one biz Of public w0fk q
which hs was the head. lie went into II
with much enthusiasm. but just at ne
time when the hardest work was required
he ran or after something else aHs lei'
Va TO get ON a. best We could. Il wssHss
that he wanted 20 shifk II was simply
that the thing bored him after ~hlles
THERE Is not an ounce Of hxs3ache ~