Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-10-24

the present budget, declaring that all they
could do was to put up their dukes
against it, The tories have not failed
to comment on the facts that Winston is
the grandson of one duke. the nephew of
another and the cousin Of third, not to
speak of being related by ties of blood
and marriage to half the peerage.
In many ways Winston resembles his
father the late Lord Randolph Churchill.
Lord Randolph was erratic in politics and
he. too. had a tendency toward democ-
racy, but he called it tory democracy and
wanted to capture the working-class vote
for the party of the dukes He also had
a gift of vigorous expression, but In his
days politicians of all parties were more
d'gnified in their choice Of language than
they are today. There is no doubt that
Winston inherits good part of his
brains from his clever mother now Mrs.
CORVALLIS West, who was Jennie Jerome
of New York, and in good many ways
he resembles his cousin. William Travers
Jerome. the fighting district attorney of
New York. Like Mr.. jerome. he has the
gift of coming striking phrases and he
is fearless fighter Like his father.
Winston is today the most cartooned poll
tician in England.
Some of Winstons enemies are chuck
ling over the plight in which he will find
himself when his party goes out Of office.
as it must do before long. Winston is
penniless. except for his salary as presi-
dent Of the board of trade, and he mar
ried an equally penniless girl about a
year ago.
Under ordinary circumstances-that is
to say, il he We're q quiet. reSpecta Bile
tory politician, his cousin, the Duke of
Marlborough. might be expected to
finance him for few years, until he
found some lucrative office, or until his
party came back to power. but Winston
has included his cousin by name in his
denunciations Of the dukes. and his Grace
of Marlborough does not speak to him.
There are two ways in which he may
secure an income" said one politician.
lone is that the liberal party may finance
him, and this would be new thing.
He is a valuable asset to them and in any
case they have to pay his political ex-
penses. Now. in the case of an active
politician like Winston it would be hard
TO separate his political expenses from
his personal outlay, and he would be we'll
worth modest allowance to the party.
Winston. whatever else one may think or
say about him, is not an extravagant
man. He has no bad habits. He doesn't
race and he doesn't play cards. Ten Or
fifteen thousand dollars a year would
keep him very comfortably.
The other way is that some rich man
might be found to finance him. and that,
too. is no new thing. l imagine his father.
Lord Randolph, found Lord Rothschild
very useful at one period of his career.
and every one knows that Lord Wolver-
hampton placed his purse for years at the
disposal of Mr.. Gladstone. or course, you
will ask what these men got. Well, Lord
Wolverhampton got his peerage, didn't
he. and Lord Rothschild might. have got
something he wanted IL Randy had
lived and become the figure in politics
we all EXP ected him to be.
Now. Lord Swaythling has been sus,-
gested a possible financial hacker Of
Winston when that young politician
is temporarily in eclipse Mind you, |
don't say he will be. but we all know
that he is d great admirer of the younc.
man. and he is very wealthy. 1t is hard
to say what he would expect in return,
for he has his peerage already, an;
he is very old man.
Lord Swaythling. who is thus referred
to, Is a great Jewish banker in the city
of London. He is an enthusiastic radi-
cal and has been a generous contribu-