The Washington herald., 1907-11-17

later his meetings were crowded TO ga
paCity." He was greeted as rich nom
resident" although he had been dwelling
In the State eight years; as only an au-
thor" and so not capable OF filing the
gubernatorial chair: as a courtesy colo
nel'-he had served on the National
Guard staff Of Governor Bachelder-&c
There We're four candidates. and at the
/ beginning of the nominating convention.
which lasted eleven hours, he led. but lost
out finally by fifty. a combination having
been formed among the other candidates.
Churchill Is only thirty-six, and has
time 10 travel a long way IN the two
roads he likes so well
In view of what he has done, il is pos
sible to forgive him, even If he is bit en-
thusiastic about Churchill He is one Of
the few American noveliSts whose books
/ sell in England Undoubtedly their first
popularity there was due TO the fact that
/ his name is the same as that of Jennie
| JerOme's son, but the English are still
/ buying the books. which is a feather in
the Americans cap. 1t was as English
/ as It was absurd TO ask him 70 select an
other first name than Winston, as the
! English publishers are said to have done,
/ but 1t only amused the American.
Jennie JerOme's Son.
/ Although half American, and often d.
rectly at odds with the bulk OF his coun-
trymen, the English Winston Churchill is
British to the core. He is a much better
/ educated man than his father ever was
and apparently an honester one. Lord
/ Randolph had few convictions in common
with the Conservative ran, and file, but
! remained In the party as long as he was
/ in politics.
! On discovering that he was out OF har-
mony with the Conservatives, Winston
| Churchill went over TO the Liberals, ran
| against Balfour-who had rebuked hin
publicly-wOn the election and. on the
Liberals coming into power. was made
! under secretary for the Colonies in their
government His transformation Of po-
/ lItcal allegiance made him one OF the
most hated men in England. He seems
not to have minded that in the least, but
/ has gone his own way. regardless. ever
| since-just as he had been going since
| boyhOod.
He was prepared at Harrow for the
British military school, and, on gradua-
ton, joined the Hussdrs. In 1895. three
years before the Spanish-American war,
when barely twenty-one, he got leave and
went to Cuba, where he Joined the Span
a decoration. On his return to England,
/ finding that Mrs Ormiston Chant was
getting the better of the music hall
/ ladies'. he defended them in a public
speech which won notoriety II not fame.
| He was there described as little red
I haired boy. with d tip-tilted nose. wear
ing evening clothes
Soon after his collision with Mrs Chant
he was sent to India, where he had the
luck To come in for the Malakand cam
paign. in which he won more decorations.
/ The next year he won still more, and he
was present at the battle of Khartoum.
where the Soudanese Mahdi was crushed
finally.
4 Becomes War Correspondent.
He wrote book about Mainland and
letters TO a newspaper about Omdurman.
and. when the Boer war broke out. pre-
pared to continue his correspondence.
The authorities held that he could not
write and fight at the same time. so he
gave up the fighting and sent brilliant
letters TO one of the London morning
papers. Being too enterprising, one day,
the Beers got him. He remained a pris-
oner of war six weeks and then escaped
This gave him additional fame and a
chance TO write some extremely enter
tanning letters
He saw some military service in the
Boer war, but his capture and escape
combined were his biggest piece OF good
fortune That was when he was less
than twenty-seven Before he was thirty
he was the subject Of a Life" in bound
covers. by A. McCuIlom Scott. who com
pared him to the first Duke Of Mari.