The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1873-12-27

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THE 0Hu1 JUoTI01.
Li6b, Habits, Avoirdupois and Mental
Traits oE Judge Williams.
Tsibuas.
Under Judge Williams, who 10 modest
man, without self assertion or unequal
temper, the harmony Of the court is apt to
be continued. His acquirements in the law
and general literature are respectable. He
has reverence, without that undue Difference
which springs from conscious inferiority.
He is chaste and discreet in the expression
Of his opinions; and acquaintance with him
gives ono the idea Of just and judicial
mind, already well experienced, and capable
Of higher performances In criticism and the
evolution Of principles than hs has yet had
the opportunity to show.
I can give you IN exsct
PHYSICAL SKETCH
Of Judge Williams, taken from measure
ments in the year 1865; and, a. he is in all
essentials unchanged, you can get good
avoirdupois and linear notion Of the man.
He was born March Goth, 1928, and is Of the
age Of John Sherman. He is 6 feet inch
high, weighs 17S pounds, measures 4OA
inches around the chest, and 222 inches
around the head-or more than Trumbull,
less than Sumner, and the same as Edmunds.
Chief Justice Williams ancestry is wholly
Welsh, and his name is 20 common in Wales
that it stands third in list Of common sur
names for England and Wales, and Is nearly
~ common as Smith and Jones. This
Welsh element has been very common in
our public life. Jefferson had It in the
name a. well a. the blood. Senator An
thony is half Welsh, ex-senator Morgan the
same, Garrett Davis the same, ex-senator
Pomeroy ditto, and Sprague ditto.
To look upon, Judge Williams is large
and broad, but not stout person, Of COM
manding height, rather loosely and roughly
put together, with large bones, hands and
feet, and plain black dress, betting the
local Judge Of some State Court. Barring
his pioneer look, there is something natur-
ally judicial in hin face, reposing features,
and large, thoughtful revolving eye, over
the whole Of which seems seated some
invisible weight, as il his faculties and
mental machinery rolled slowly to their
work, and were oppressed by the matter
in hand. He has . good, f@aiE @ @fonhead. and
least inviting feature about him. His voice
is deep and souorous. He speaks right
onward, slowly like his look, but logically,
and with increasing but never dramatic
weight aud interest. His conversation IL
dry and sound, with little aneodote and nc
laughter. He smiles occasionly, but never
| was professional smiler in any sense; and
always struck me a. liberal, charitable,
solid man, striving to get along, and invar'
iably commanding the confidence and sup
port Of his associates from the Pacific Coast
l presume that win never have . chane>
to roll at ten-pins with Mr.. Williams any
more, as hereafter he win wear gown and
! be luminary in Office. Ipredict for him
the growing confidence of the country, and
in his own character, steady conversation
and emulous scholarship which win recon
cile the country to his selection.
POINTS OF CHARACTER.
Judge Williams worldly estate consist
Of . new house, commodious and plain
betting his Office, which he had jus
finished At cost Of 90, 900, and had occu
pied only two or three weeks when in tn
fortunate receipt Of = commission which
win give him e10,5O0 per annum, and
pension il retired after ten years. service
He has also investments in w ashingto'
real estate which, II their promise be kep
up, will yield in gross about &C., 900, exclu
sive Of his residence. Like large numbe
Of men from the Pacific Coast, he has ca
his whole money and credit in Capitolin
real estate; and may mention that associs
ted with these Californians 10 Clarke lngel
soll, formerly Of Peoria, IN, who il said
have above eaoo, 900 in property on Connet
ticut avenue, which goes BY the name
''Houest Miners Camp" Tho ftsternit
IL composed Of Chief Justice Williams
Senators Stewart and Jones; MessrA Sur
deriand and Hillyer, OF Nevada eargen
Gorham, and others, Of California; Rosco
Conkling, A. G. Cattsll, and IngsEsoll; IN
they rate their investnents at about $500
! 600. The English Minister has been induce
, to build his permanent Legation among
them, the investment amounting to @150
600; and tho two houses Of Stewart ~
, Hillyer, just completed, have consume
RI t1oo.ooo.
| of the new Chief Justice IL handsome IN
; auimated woman, born In New England
nurtarsd and wsddsd in Iowa; unhappy
; early life, divorced; and vhile . nuai
. teacher at Patlaad, Oregon, Judge WI
! liams, who, Il i said, hsd bsftisndsd b
! in Iowa, met her BY aocidsnt aad. being
. ! widower, married her. msntiea the
! | matters becsnse the extraordinary prom
I ton of tie husband vim give thsa pabaicit
. and for Tie parposs Of saying taat IL
Williams shasgstarnedhss hu6hand's chtvs
rtekindnes by dsvotioa to isintssssts mo