The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1914-11-05

"This good humor did not, however,
indicate weakness, but strength. Ii
was not negative characteristic but q
positive. He was strong man IN every
nse-strong physically always COM
handing presence-and strong mentally,
of firm fibre, hardened by use and exper-
fence.
"The personal characteristics of COM
partnership, good nature and strength,
plus his untiring industry and well sea-
soned judgment, he brought with him in
to the practice of the law, and with their
help he made great success. l do pot
know that either when | was at the bar,
or since being on the bench, have ever
seen Bro. Williamson angry or III tenn
per. have often seen him earnest ano
uncompromising but not unduly ruff1ed.
When pressing point or pursuing wit
ness he was not easily thrown off the
track, but in the pursuit he had no hand
leap of i'll temper.
LAS a practiciah before the courts he
was always we'll and thoroughly prepar-
ed both as to law and facts. He had the
breadth Of vision necessary to compre-
bend the scope of his case and the legal
perspective requisite to discriminate be-
tween the important and the unimport-
ant, and to discover the vital points.
"He was not easily abashed by oppo-
sition and could fight a losing cause with
apparent confidence, a task by no means
simple. He was resourceful in emergen-
cies. His mind like his body was strong
but nimbe. Notwithstanding his size he
could still play game of tennis with the
agility of a youth of twenty, and his
mind was equally agile. This stood him
in good stead when in the midst OF
trial, the wind suddenly set in strong
from an unexpected quarter, for he
would readjust his sails and, if need be,
his course, and stand up against the un-
looked for squall. These traits served
to make him an excellent trial lawyer.
and his arguments before both court and
jury were strong and convincing. Above
all Bro. Williamson was an indefatlg-
able worker, too much so. He was al
ways busy, and it seemed 10 US, as doubt
less it did to him, that he could never
grow weary. But the apparently tire
less engine became tired at last, and rest
came to him. He will be greatly missed
from this Bar. He is missed and sin
cerely mourned today, and during this
term of court | have often been remind
ed of the fact that his smiling counte-
nance would never appear again in this
place, which was the scene of SO much
of his hardest labor and of his greatest
success.
"As citizen his loss will be deeply
felt. He possessed in an unusual degree
for professional man, business instinct
and business judgment, and these he had
employed in the service of the city and
the State.
As a member of our City Government,
of the Boatd of Library Trustees, as a
representatives in the Legislature and
as County Attorney he proved to be a
competent, faithful and dependable pub
lie official. Two other honors had come
to him but a short time before his de-
cease-his election as an Overseer of
Bowdoin College, and his designation as
a member of the new Public Utilities
Commission. Had he lived he would I'M
doubtedly have rendered notable service
to the State in position for which he
was abundantly qualified. ~,
"We cannot here speak of those ten
derer ties that bound him to his family
and his home. His devotion to both was
constant and complete.
Assembled here as we are this quiet
October afternoon, here in this spot SO
closely associated with rs all, and with
the generations of attorneys who have
wrought here and passed on, the strife
and stress of combat are forgotten, the
blows and the scars, if any, are obliter-
ated and we seem like children on the
seashore gathering shells, SO that in the
future our memories may be the bright
er and the richer, and though our hearts
be saddened at the loss of dear friend,
companion and fellow laborer, we still
can say:
"'They are poor
That have lost nothing; they are poorer far
Who, losing, have forgotten; they most poor
Of all, who lose and wish they might forget.
For life is one, and in its warp and wool
There runs thread of gold that glitters fair
And sometimes in the pattern shows most
sweet
Where there are sombre colors. 1t is true
That we have wept. But oh this thread of
gold,
We would not have it tarnish; let US turn
Oft and look back upon this wondrous web,
And when it shineth sometimes we shall know
That memory is possession
1.-THE resolutions offered by your COM
mittee may be spread upon the records
of the court, and as a further mark of
respect to the memory of our deceased
brother this court will now adjourn for
the day."