The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-04

ideas, they were disconnected by the soec-
tacle, repeatedly presented, Of multttudeS
Of w%orkingmen hanging upon the words OF
a young aristocrat; and Radicals, bidding
higher and higher to catch the popular
fancy, heard with disgust the loudest ac-
CARNATIONS Of the crowd accorded to Lord
Randolph Churchill as he denounced the
Molooh Of Midlothian MIR, Gladstonel or
the pinohbeck Robespierre' MIR, Joseph
Chamberlain for war and tyranny beyond
the sea, profusion and misgovernment at
home"
OF oourse he came in for plenty of abuse
on the part OF his opponents. "fahoo
Churchill Little Randy, ""Cheeky Randy,
The Music Hall Cad, The Champagne
Charley Of Politics." were designations
which measured at once his growing popu-
larity and the rising fury Of his foes. His
son comedies that Ibis fierce mustache'
and mote Of interrogation" head lent them
selves to caricature. He was drawn as
a pigmy. a pug-dog, a gnat, a wasp, a ribald
and vicious monkey 80 habitnally that
nearly every one who had not seen him IN
the flesh believed that his physical proper
tions were far below the common andard
OF mankind; but the contrast between his
reputed stature and the majestic outlines
OF Mr.. Gladstone and Sir William Harcourt
only enhanced his fighting qualities in the
public eve. Give it EN- hot, Randy, cried
the crowds in the street and at the meet
ings. till he himself was forced to complain
that he was expected to belab Dor his oppon-
ents with every species of vituperation.'
The present biographer would not deny
that he responded to the public demand
with inexhaustible generosity. He spared
no one. Neither persons nor principles
escaped an all embracing ridicule.
There is good reason to believe that his
speeches were effective far beyond the
circles Of his hearers 1t seems that az
early az the spring Of 1881 the Morning Post
began to report him verbatim. Mr.. Chenery,
editor OF the Times, followed this example
almost Immediately. Instead Of the para
graph Of mutilated misrepresentation with
which so many Ministers and eS-Ministers
have to remain dissatisfied, column after
column of the Tunes was filled with the
oratory OF an improved stripping Of ~.
We are told that Lord Randolph's speeches
were the best Of copy" 1t is interesting
to learn that his earlier speeches we're al =
most all written out beforehand and learned
by heart. HE had the knack of being able
to foresee the occasion, and he wrote, not
an essay or an argument, but just the kind
OF harangue that would fit the mood OF
his audience. His style was essentially
rhet orical, and much more spontaneous
than his peculiar methods Of preparation
would imply. He seems to have written
with scarcely a single correction, and with
out hesitation OF any kind, as fast as he
could set pen to paper" Our author adds
that "once written, his speeches could be
repeated almost without notes, and quite
without alteration, but in this la borious
process they gained a logical sequence
which. while it did not in the least detract
from the delivery. added vastly to their
virtues in reproduction. Above all, they
were entirely fresh and original. Wit,
abuse, epigram, imagery, argument, all
we're 'Randolphian,' No one could guess
beforehand what he was going 20 say, nor
how he would say it, No one else said the
same kind of things, or said them In the
same kind Of way