New-York tribune., 1901-11-04
A FRESH ENGLISH HAM
MIR. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHIrI
LEICESTER - AUDACITY WITH pc
LlTlCAL INSTINCT BEHIND 1T
Leicester, October q

Leicester. October q
MI Winston Spencer Churchill is cor,,--
on hand over hand His speech befo-. ..e
Unionists at Temperance Hall las. ,,.
which L was enabled to hear by takinr
train from Manchester an hour after "
Jonn Morleys address at the unveilfng os ~.
Gladstone statue was revelation OF vou,h
full audacity tempered with instructive k,or,
edge of the trend of public opinion Ths.a -
his fathers qualities. and heredity v,nd,o...s
itself l had not considered Mr. Churc,,u
good speaker earlier occasions in Io,ao..
but there was a marked improvement n. 49,,
in Leicester. He still iisped ii was true a, A..
father had done before him: his voice wa. ,,,~
and at times shrill and unpleasantly nasal. an.
he had not overcome fault in breathing wh,c.
mas disturbed his colleagues in Parliament n.
gestures were awkward and the delivery w..
monotonous. With all these defects his nu.nrr
was unchecked by hesitation or reconstruc.o,
of sentences; he spoke for nearly two hours u..
only few aids to memory: he had commas,
of his audience from beginning to end aIthop.,
he was sharply attacking the War Office ana
condemning the Ministry for allowing the wa-.
drag along interminably; and there was a An.
play of drollery and wit. which kept the gal
leries In good humor. Mr.. Churchill NAV M,
Z instsv
as the Parliamentary style; but he knows how
to address an English political audience He |,
bright humorous. resourcefuI and audacou,
and he has the unerring instinct of a free lane.
who is in touch with all the elements OF pub,c
discomfort
The assurance of this spoiIt child of Unionis,
politics fairly takes ones breath away Mr.
Churchill undertakes to critcise in detail IN.
management of the War Office and the conduc.
of Lord Kitchener when his own reputation as
a military expert is based upon his adventures
as war correspondent in escaping from Beer
prison He is Churchill and has been taken
up by the Duke of Marlborough as a man Of
destiny, with the promise Of the potency OF a
Prime Minister; yet he amuses the shoemaker,
and stocking weavers OF Leicester by tocular
ridicule of the titled classes and by making q
Roman holiday at the expense Of the dukes
He has been In Parliament during a single ses-
sion. and bis political achievements are as slight
as his military experience; but so seriously does
he take himself that he does not hesitate to
call upon the three four men OF real strength
in the government to intervene in South Africa
and to enable Lord Kitchener to finish the war
The down is on his cheeks and the sparkle Of
youth is in his eyes he explains TO Mr. Cham
berlain and Mr.. Balfour what they ought TO say
in their next speeches instructs Mr Brodrick
in the routine Of the War Office. chaTs the dukes
as the prize Strawberries of the political garden
/ coaches Lord Kitchener details OF military
! organization, and as a good party man and
/ candid friend. tells Lord Salisbury what ought
TO be done; but he carries it of 50 bravely and
/ Is in such roilcking good humor, that every
( body laughs and recognizes in him his fathers
son. Lord Randolph Churchill had the same
happy-go-lucky way OF meddling in the affairs
of his superiors and of taking the country into
| his confidence respecting the ignorance and IN
/ capacity of those who were in the stronghods
/ of power; and he was the idol OF the Tory De-
/ mocracy. with an instinct for politics unriva'ed
/ in his party.
The speech which I heard in Temperance Hall
/ was delivered before large and enthusiastic
: audience OF Liberal Unionists and Tories A
few Liberals and Radicals may have found their
way into the galleries. but the house was mainly
occupied by supporters OF the government, ad-
rnitted by tickets issued by the local party Or
sanitation The candid friend was speaking TO
those of his own political household II ne had
heen an orator of the Opposition. his censor1ous
criticism would have been resented by the Md
land Tories and Primrose Danes AS ne was
J-nionist protesting to be a loyal party man. ae
was heard not only with tolerance, out even
with sympathy when he exposed Win s'aiA
naked candor the weakness OF the governments
,,t,+arr administration and the tneffciency OF
IFS methods of conducting the war Inc au-
dience was convulsed with merriment Wnen ne
took I'D Nlr Brodrck's recent defence OF lhe "a4
Office and refuted il in detail Ii 1alriS no"eu
with delight when he remarked tnat ever 'iins
/ about the army in South Africa was perfect ca
cept the results; and then Illustrated MS nie'A
,ne nv the enthusiasm of the hospital surgeons
! 81, n q 8
fectlv equipped ward. with an improved taO's
! - tt,,l,, ,o,isbad apparatus and had been en-
! +.o, s,,ccsssfuI except in the one detail OF al
! ,.i,e the victim to die NIr. ChurchiiFs strict
,,-ss rnon the blunders Of administration ooth III
pail Mall and in South Africa were causuc anu
destructive. vet no exception was taken either W
his methods of analysis or to MS oulspoA.H
/ condemnation. and the performance WAS Ae7"l'
/ reIished and enjoyed 1t was evident lAa' W
understood his auditors knew what was III '
minds, and had the faculty OF interpre''is
feeling and entertaining them Win flS ''i00
and Independence. He could not nave 60.
rusned those results il he had not inherl'eu
something of the marvellous instinct VI
/ Randolph Churchill in politics
Mr.. Churchill after paying gFdceiu'
I m the chairman Sir John Rollestoh' anu - =
ing rpon the paradox of peace IN "ai' W. :,
business of John Bull carried on as .,1,,
s,,i,a of the trouble in the back garden o'N''|.
,5ascrihed the situation in South Africa as nv
loss dangerous than it was two years asO
work was unfinished. The strain was ---a
and the cost of the war in blood anu -.
continued and the means for nee'lH5 - -,
gradually but seriously reduced Inc "ai -
ceased to be a supreme cause. ana hau o'
an unmitigated nuisance In the oesini,4ne
wound was fresh and nature was at "oiN -. ~
pair the injury 1t no longer a cie'" .,a
but q sluggish fostering sore draining AVA
put s'D7 So. .,,.,,,e nature Caustic was re-