New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-23

been called prototype of Lord Randolph
Churchill at this period of his career. Pug
nacity was his chief characteristic. He was in
dCstrious vigorous. occasionally rash mo
matter what the bill or the debate it has been
said. 'or the antagonist. he was always in the
front: squirting hard and home into the thick of
the hSht, unsparIng, unreentng, master or al
wea pons-of sarcasm, personality, reas oning de-
nunclatlon-g1Ving no quarter and accepting no
retreat" His speeches at this time ex
ceedlngly bitter. distinguished for vehemence
rather than polish
This bitterness never quite left Lord Salisbury
and observers of his career have attributed IN S
TACT largely 70 the irksonle circumstances of his
early years. Though the Salisbury fortune IS
enormous, he then on an allowance unbe
ntting his birth and position. He was under his
fathers ban because of his marriage AS chill
dren came he was Obliged TO exc out support
oF writing for newspapers and magazines. In a
speech IN 1913 after he had become famous
throughout Europe, he confessed that he had
been in other days no stranger to the anxietes,
the "a bors and the rewards Of the newspaper
press He wrote for The Saturday Review
which was then owned by his brother in law,
between the years 1860 and 1866 he was
trenchant contributor to The Quarterly Re-
view"
In 1865 as he rising to a speech in the
Commons, Lord Robert received word that he
was Lord Robert Cecil longer, but Viscount
Cranborne, through the death Of his older
brother. The latter, anliable and gifted man,
was totally blind and great invalid that
death came to him at the early age of forty
aspect Of the younger mans life. From poverty
and comparative obscurity, out of which his
own efforts were only just beginning TO raise
him. he stepped into a place Of ease and i'm
porta1ce. while vast wealth and great posi-
ton stood waiting him in the near future. The
old Lord Salisbury was soon reconciled to his
died. leaving the literary hack and the once dis
credited son master Of enc Of Englands greatest
houses and bearer Of one Of her most honored
names
ENTERS THE CABINET
Immediate recognition was given him by the
Tory leaders, and in 1866. while still Viscount
CranboYne. he received a post in Lord Derbys
Cabinet, that Of Secretary Of State for India.
which, however, he retained for only year.
His first official appearance in the Commons was
in July, 1866, when he submitted the Indian
Budget. But in 1867 ne refused to take the
leap in the dark that the crucial point of
the politics of the day the extension Of electoral
reform Rather than consent to household SUI
frage he and two other members of the Cabinet
resigned.
BY the death of his father in April, 1868,
Lord Salisbury's career in the House came to an
end It was one of the great trials of his life.
and il is known that he consulted counsel as to
the possibility of retaining his seat in the House
Of Commons. But the law inexorable, and
on May he took a seat on back bench in that
Other place" where in future years he was des-
tined to exercise almost unprecedented author
ity. There was room. however. even in the
House of Lords for a new debater. The return
of the Liberals to power in 1868 gave free rein to
his caustic criticism
His personal reputation was already so great
that on the, death of Lord Derby he was elected
chancellor of the University of Oxford, in 1863;
and in 1871 and 1872 he and Lord Cairns
arbitrators, conducted a long investigation into
the affairs Of the London, Chatham and Dover
Railway. In the management of his great estate
he showed himself proficient business man,
and he also revealed his capacity as chairman
Of the Great Eastern Railway.
In 1874 Mr.. Disrael having returned 10 office,
carried out the intention implied in his remark,
made seven years before, in'16GI, at Lord Gran
bornes resignation we must have Robert
Cecil back and made Lord Salisbury again
Secretary of State for India.
Lord Salisbury had some doubt about the pro-
priety of taking office under chief he had so
frequently attacked, but, on the advice of Mr..
Gladstone. he accepted it. It was soon after
their reunion in Downing Street that the Tory
chief described his colleague as a great master
of gibes and 1outs and jeers.' Lord SALISBURY
took the description without offence, and Dsraeli
afterward amply atoned for il by pubic EXPIRES
sions of consideration II was a time for
strong man at the head of Indian aHalrs ihere
was famine in India. Salisbury graSpeQ the
situation with ability; he adopted Lord North
brooks policy with regard TO the expectation or
Indian grain, in spite of its unpopularity; per
suaded Parliament to make a loan of t1o.O0c,-
600, and chartered steamers TO convey 1000 10
the distressed districts. little later he was TO
win his spurs IN diplomacy. AT the close OF the
war between SerVia and turkey, IN 1910, olllSl-
ences arose between Turkey and Russia LorQ
Salisbury was sent Special Ampassauor 10
the Sublime Porte. and he and Sir Henry Elliot
acted as Joint ministers plenlpotentary OF GREAT
Britain at the conference OF Cohstdhtllop4e
where Salisbury measured himself WIN FAMOUS
diplomatists, and became really the ledueF Oh
+he conference After incredible dllatorlness the
Porte rejected the propositions or the powers IN
January 1877. and Lord SALISBURY lllliiieo
left Constantinople. but not without deHtI -!
expIaining to the Sultan the consequences OF ms
action The prophecies We're soon Verlhed, ana
the terrible consequences were seen III the
Russo-Turkish War Of 1871
FOREIGN MINISTER AND PREMIER
on April .. 1878. Lord Salisbury was appoint
81 Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. TO
succeed Lord Derby. who had resigned at the
crisis Of the Eastern war. in consequence OF
the snlit in the ranks OF the Tory Government
over Lord Beaconsfeld's policy. Lord Salisbury
had himself been critic of that policy ana
his acceptance of office involved considerable
change of front on his own part. but ne made IT,
and from that time forward was one OF tHe
stanchest supporters of BeaconsheIo. Inc pI ii
iart dispatch he wrote on assuming JIM
cisirg the treaty imposed on Turkey by the VIC
.orioue car and outlining the policy OF the.
British Government, produced an preston on
The Continent such as is rarely caused by state
paper. ,,, -, -r,,-,,ist, NOV
and here Lord SaIisbury's fame as olplohlatlst
and statesman was TO be stll turther iilCIease1'
He and Lord Beaconsfeld were the Representa-
ives ~ p-reia nd al the conference; they brougnt
back peace with honor" as the phrase cL IHe
dav was and they were welcomed Win q a. "a.
acclaim Lord Salisbury'S services were iiSi.y
esteemed nv ord Beaconsheld, but shre"d Cd
servers have declared that his MIND was he-u!cr
more no. less than a reflection OF the oideI
dinlo,, atiets-in fact, John Bright descTlned
him in 1879 as "a man who has FRUSTRATED MS
intellect 10 the Premier in the hope OF purchas-