Show MI WlLlltMt CAMIlDlflt Whether or not lion Parley U Williams Is I eligible for the office of city attorney Is t a question the News will not at this time discuss There Is I certainly nothing to prevent his becoming be-coming a candidate and there are tlrcumstanee connected with his nomInation nom-Ination by 1 the nonpartisan commit te which ought to he known The committee had established tho rule > that none of its members should be nomlnatrd for olnre Its nominee I for city att6rney withdrew from the ticket thereby creating at once a vacancy and an emergency In the view of tho committee a strictly high class lawyer thoroughly In sympathy with the nonpartisan movement wall demanded for the place and Instantly thera rose lip In the mind of many members oC the committee the Inarne of Parley L Williams With his name wa coupled the doubt that an > other liuijcr equally well qualified for the place could be found suinclentiv free from party ties fo accept the nomination nom-ination Peculiar dimcultles accom lanl1 the selection of a man for the places nt this late day In the canvass From the committees tandpolnt It could consent i to none i but a layer 01 learning bllitj and pntrlotls1 and everybody knows that lawyers of this kind are nearly always too hampered by party obligations or affiliations to accept n nonPartisan nomination The nwttfr was broached to Mr Williams and he strenuously ob Jceted to the use of his name Ho not only urged the rule the com ihlltee had adopted but pointed out with gnat candor the objections which political partisans might urge against him but his fellow members of the committee overcame his scruples and objections and nt last he consented con-sented to the placing of his name on tho ticket Whatever others may say or think about It this consent was a great sacrifice on his part In view of all the circumstances of the cane It proves the genuineness of the patrint Ism that has Impelled him to eipou the non1 urtlsan cause and < hu In iirvte grit of the man Those mo A Intimately In-timately acquainted < wIth the eiind lion Under which he C 3 ented to the Else or his name ndlnlt hm mot for loldlOlI and hther he In I or to I flat to be city attorney ho him added to his reputation for courage nnd public pub-lic spirit by consenting to become a candidate |