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Show MEETS UNUSUAL C0MBINATI0W Late Archie Williams Hands Jolt to President Cleveland's Attor- , ' ney General. f , Jim Orr, representative from Atch- Ineon, and the late Archie Williams, one of the noted Wentern lawyers and ' for many yrs s Union Pacific attor--99f&t iif;;Wiuiblnrt" ;. v,5r snd Williams decided to call on Atlor-T' " ney General Olney. The latter was a great stickler for dress and appearance. appear-ance. Williams didn't c've uac about clothes, and preferred a flannel shirt to the bard boiled variety. He was also a devotee of corduroy pants. Williams walked Into Olney's office I and Introduced himself. Olney looked him over, taking particular par-ticular Inventory of Williams' clothes. Ho utterly fulled to offer the famous Kansan a seat. "So your name Is Wllllnms, and you are an attorney for the dilon Pacific?" asked OIik y "Yes, lr," said Williams, snd he stated his mission concerning some t'nlon Paclfi" land grant and the law and ruling about It. Olney again looked Williams over, noting his clothes particularly, and still failed to proffer a chair or show the usual little courtesies of that kind. "Mr Williams," said Olney, "I am familiar with the ruling you quote, and you are wrong." "Well," said Williams, "I hove met men who were gentlemen and not lawyers; law-yers; and I have met men who were lawyers and not gentlemen, but I never before met the unusual combination of a man who Is neither a lawyer nor a gentleman." While Olney gasped, Williams motioned mo-tioned to Orr, and cheerfully said: "Come on, Jim," and out tlmy went." |
