The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-08-24

. from public TIE tn August. 1904
~ prime minister Lord salisbury
Nas q true pillar 20 fhs state. -
leader ug the aonEerY RtikeE he
6FuuEhf his party 10 ~ Highest
state % effielencY IN the century
- the governing head q Great Brit
ain. BE- led the nation with iudE
fnent and foresight IN tbs van Of
h.sr,speau prnEreas-
on thT strength OF his character.
Russia can SPEAK Portugal stiil
tfrnblcs over its friEht IN East AZ
Fiea Germany has not forgotten the
ssirprislnklY rapid appearances ~ the
flying squadron 1t the time % the
Iaufsan raid. and France Erfnda her
teeth al the mention Of Fsnhoia.
Lord Saiisstirvss Rora uas rs p.alicF
ard foreign statesmen long ago re-
aiigst the 1ui1kuesa ~ hand 10 fol-
ioN the spoken word.
lie vas called tha proadsst artistic
eFat Of England and the most IN
annfoachabir man IN the empire He
had 30 intifuates ia hi4 political
families and surne Of his ministerial
c1ufrarea hardly had fnore than an
official acquaintance With him. lie
had few personal friends and no
eonffAanfA. lie Waa euif. cynical
aecrettsc and -suffteient Its
cabinets which practically controlled
tbs fate II the English nation. we're
dedicated to the preservation % tha
glory and territory Of the counffy's
possesaiofis abroad. rather than to q
broad. liberal and healthy policy az
ssssss=. sfa @zs Thoroughly ilHpss iai-
isfic. without a grain af sympathy
- fszSi'F1F7fi-f. AMI the fuoat entuu--
a
yer had. The political piuna. the
kvat positions IN the government. he
accepted - he personal pqfqalsits=
and presented 20 hIx sons. HIS Hon-ln-
Law. his nsphewa. his other relatives
ard t. friends with titles. whose ut
ness. other than their rank. vas open
- question
In private lie he was one Of the
nHgst intellectual men q bis geusf-
aflau-an electrician. chemist ard
experimental physicist A. Hatfield
~ built great workshops and all bis
leisure time was Hp@nt Ia bis labora.
tory. WnrFH MS discoveries WoHt1
have given him a world wide repu-
tasien hal rot hls scientific work
been oversbadowsd by his public
ehresr.
~ personal appearance he was
1isflua uished. built on massive lines,
wlth q powerful head. and full
face covered sith bushF gray
beard One ~ his Old friends d.
aarlbad him as "su old man with
heavy. sad eyes. rounded shoulders,
bat stately and dignifisd wiihat
A. speaker he was clear. logical
and feroefuL yet his speeches were
Only intellectual. they never had
the fainetst Riew Of personal mag
nalls4us
N spite ~ his abroiute simplicity,
he entire want % self assertion and
total Indifference 70 the effect he
was prodfseirs people did not Ike
this faan eho feit that he lnherited
the right 70 be- the grand aelgueur ~
England. 20 be the eonfl6ant Or
kings and to whisper secrets IN the
esre ~ hia monarch.
fsis political enemies we're ~ num-
ar1na a. his personnel friends were
Z. He warred with Gladstone IN
e~e-i~~iy asgire ih~ iN'rr years ~
the Grand old Mans llfe and one
flrre brought down the wrath ~ par
ilarnsrif npon his had for hiH bitter
rsss ~ tongue against his rival
whom the people cherished, IS thsy
hatsd Salisbury.
Psii=btrvsH contempt for public
opinion and for opinions ~ hts Eel