New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-10-11
lord Rossberys SeF-Reuealing
p.ot nm Lord Randolph Churchill.
LONDON. October q

pnok on Lofd h0Ituotpft III" ChtdI.
London. October 8.
poseberys book reviewing has touch
S.s,,s-anhy. Something Of the artists own
e-,r,-v goes into the portrait. although he
per-, ia conscious OF a. His study Of Lord
L. S..,,h Churchill is a characteristic tribute
va, os genius whom he knew intimately.
nss ne taken more pains IN polishing his
and refining his phrases; and so sym
epAsS..,, Is his appreciation OF q Maynard and
ps~.so vet brilliant and lovable personality
-. ..,s monograph seems less artificial than his
ms Is literary work. For once his heart has
- seating quickly while HIS pen has been
80 across the page. and although the crit
80, remains he has taken a deeper inter
y !, h,s subject than IN his own paradoxes
= ,e-allels There are moments when he
- haunted with the idea that his own face
: -oaacted from the canvas where with close
location and tolerant Judgment he is repro
.-.,rq re features OF his friend. He often
- n be thinking aloud about himself. and
t,s well turned passages about Lord Randolphs
-.,,.,cal aspirations and adventures have the
%. NJ self-revelation. He can scarcely have
s..r considering the fortunes OF his friend alone
ar ne explains why rnediocrtties were preferred
- he brilliant man for the Office Of Premier;
!, Lord Rosebe-g's own attitude OF alootness
.or politics than is supplied IN this comment
az LORD Randolph's wGnderings from the party
fold:
rstt not true that men often pursue their own
.hnughts needless OF the party bond, and that
,hav awake from their absorption 70 find that
.bev have strayed far from the party camp?
sr6 when they realize this, when they find that
they are no longer orthodox In the party sense,
,4y are apt ask themselves II II be necessary
az even possible 10 Join any other section. Their
owl faith has disappeared. Can they embrace a
w w oTa9 ~ any other thew fnd enough 70 repel
enough. 81 any rate, 10 make the exchange
mt worth making So they remain content with
he ole label careless, II Il be challenged. and
become 6 sort Of political free thinkers.
indeed this passage applies more closely 20
lard Rosebe-y's splendid isolation IN politics
mar 70 the experiences OF the brilliant man,
rhich he IS relating with sympathetic touch.
According 20 his view. the hery and irnpulsive
1Ora Randolph never was an home among the
rories hut was az heart a Radical without sym
pathy for Imperial policies and with a natural
has toward rerrenchnent, economy and insular
policies. Mr. Winston Churchill IN his biog-
rsuhy Of his father. cleverly creates q similar
impression. and thereby Justihes indirectly his
own rapid conversion 10 Liberalism after he had
started cut as & Conservative Lord Rosebery,
however. instead OF emphasizing Mr. ChurchilTs
inference that Lord Randolph came near enter
ing upon the path leading into the Liberal party,
describes him as having sIrRyed into the wrong
camp and OF being unable to break away when
he was there. Even when he offered his resig-
nation as Chancellor OF the ExcheQuer he had
no idea that Il would be accepted by Lord
Salisbury. Possibly II was the consciousness
thai he had played the game badly. and that the
cards as the veteran whist players used 70 say,
would never forgive him, that helped on the
mysterious EnalRdy SO dramatically described
by Lord Rosebery when the popular orators de-
livery became thick and almost unintelligible
and every speech was Ike waking nightmare
from which audiences went away In sorrow and
establishment. IN any event Lord Randolph
nus, be judged by what he was at his best and
Es faith IL Tory Democracy was stronger and
nme ineligible than any belated regret that he
hsi NOT followed his Bohemian instinct and be-
e1as Radical Even II Lord Rosebery chooses
nESEume that -'Toryisn means something which
lsnOascy cannot recognize. and Democracy
means sGnerhing which Toryism cannot sup
pE" ms not by any means clear that the free
hn@ vas not sincere in his belief thar the Con-
ssTztive party could be reorganized on a pop
uRr basis and reinvigorated with fresh blood.
The passage which ! have quoted provides a
striking parable OF Lord Rosebery's own career.