| Show CHIEF JUSTICE hox geo GEO H WILLIAMS nominated by president grant for the vacant office of chief justice of the united states was born in columbia co coy 18 1820 0 his parents having previously lived at pittsfield f mass mr williams went to iowa in 1844 1814 where lie engaged D in the practice of the law making rapid advancement therein and was elected j judge ude udo ud O of the F fint arst judicial DItrI district ct in that thai state in 1846 1816 W which aich office he held hold five years during which time he achieved a reputation lin fin for great judicial ability in 1850 he married the eldest daughter of general V P van antwerp losing her in 1863 IM in 1853 lie he was appointed chief justice for oregon resigning that office offee during mr he wasl wasi elected to the senate of the V S by the oregon legislature and took his seat in ho he was a member of or the high joint commission for the settlement of the alabama claims in 1871 he succeeded mr ackerman as actor ney general of tile the U S judye audre judge williams was thus described nive five years sears ago judge jade williams la Is tall and end angular and for a ician man who is in no sense cense comely or handsome very tine fine looking I 1 do not think him remarkable for hib his individual ty or immobility but bat he has plenty of 0 what we call I 1 I 1 brain intellectual power and force ile lie is cleter clever in both tho the mn english and american sense of that mh much used and abused word can adapt himself to circumstances and please la im tho the ho mahogany furnished parlor or me thie pun cheon floored cabin is generous and ua un suspicious and does docs not long cherish ill will towards anyone or love to treasure up a wrong 1 pemon Femon personally ally nily he Is popular with the people and his election Is very generally satisfactory or cheerfully acquiesced in iff mr hir williams enjoys a laugh and is apt to laugh with the world let the world laugh at what it may and with him anything 1 1 that can bo be ridiculed can hardly be night right though Thought earnest arnest he ile Is if riot ot destructive and will vill help to build up rather than tear down ho llo is a goad popular speaker clear and distinct iu in his bis ideas always forcible often eloquent ahad atad sometimes rises into the region of imagination and adorns adorna his bis speech with pure poetic cems gems ems some men have their mo tives of action noted in the past while others live for the far off future but bat judge williams is a man of today to day and draws his inspiration from the associations and events of the present mentally and I 1 may say bay physically he is in the prime of life has great capacity for work vork and business and with tho wide and var led scope scone that the senate will yin pite him to gratify his ambition and earn cam distinction will make his mark and reflect credit upon his bis state and country |
