The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-06
WEDGEWOOD AND KING
These Are the Nominees of FRO
yO Democratic Convention.
THEY GO IN WITH ARUSH
NAMED FOR JUDGE AND DIS
TRICr ATTORNEY.


Otto z. Malmberg of Utah county called
the Democratic judicial convention Of the
Fourth judicial district to order this
morning at II O'Clock and introduced
William Buys of Wasatch as temporary
chairman and Herbert Tyzack of Uintah
county temporary secretary.
The district comprises the counties of
Utah, Wasatch and Uintah counties
Senator A J Evans of Lehi was per-
manent chairman, Herbert Tyzack secre-
tary. and John B. Miner chaplain.
At the afternoon session r. A Barney
of Provo nominated for attorney the
present incumbent of the Fourth judicial
district, S. A King.
William Il Rydalch of PROVO in d STIR
ring speech placed IN nomination Attor-
ney d. ID. Houtz.
S. A. King was nominated on the first
ballot.
Na--. in order was the nomination of a
judge.
William O'Nein of Uintah nominated
CAPTAIN E A. wedgewood of Provo.
There was no opposition to Mr.. Wedge
wood, and he was elected on the first bal
lot
Mr.. King has filled the office of district
prosecutor for two years. under the APP
pOintment of Governor Wells, with. credit
most lawyers in this district
Career of S. A King
District ATTORNEY S. A. King was
born in Fillmore, Willard county, Jan.
o. 1868. He is brother of Congress
man w. H. King His early school
days were passed in the Willard Stake
academy under the tutelage Of Profess
sor Alma Greenwood. He was also a
student of the 3. Y. academy at Provo,
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The years 1890 and 1891 were spent in
England and Ireland as a Mormon mis-
sionary and as a student through Scot
land and the European continent. Up
on his return from the old world
he took uD the study of law in the
Office of King & HOutZ. and in August
of 30 was admitted to the bar at Provo.
He entered the law school of the Uni
VerSity of Michigan, from which school
he graduated with high honors in the
year 1898. Since that time Mr.. King
has been in an extensive Dr5.ctice and
is now member of the firm of King,
Burton King. During the past six
years he has been attorney for the
First National bank of Provo; in go
he was elected county attorney for
Utah county on the Democratic ticket:
was appointed attorney for Provo City
by a Republican mayor in 1896, and in
1899 received the appointment of dis
trict attorney for the Fourth district
which he is candidate for reelection.
He has an excellent record as pros
ec.to~-
In September of 1892. Mr.. King mar
ried Miss May Meta Bagley of Big
Cottonwood.
Sketch of Captain Wedgwood.
Captain Z. A WedgwoOd was born
in Massachusetts in the year 1856, and
removed to Grand Island. Neb., in the
During the eleven years residence at
Grand Island, Mr.. WedSwood was sher-
if Of Hall county for five consecutive
years, filling the office creditably.
While at Grand Island Mr.. WedgWood
took up the study of law and was
admitted to the bar in 1883. In 1880 he
came to Provo and engaged in the
practice of law. He was elected justice
of the peace for four years. He showed
such legal ability that Judge s. t.
Thurman sought him as a partner in
1894, and they have remained together
ever since, first under the firm name
Of Thurman & WedgwOOd. but now I'M
der the name of Rawlins, Thurman
Hurd & Wedgwood.
IN 1898, when a call was made for
volUnte : F. A WedgwoCd was cap
tain of 'pany L Of the Utah militia
Governor - els appointed him a. lieu
tenant of volunteers. On May he bid
goodbye to his wife and child and de-
parted for the Philippine islands. where
he engaged in actual service in the
front ranks until 1899 when he was
hOnOrably released and returned 10
Provo.
He did rot long remain a lieutenant.
FOR IN the year of his enlistment he
was promoted to the captaincy of bat
terry b, and afterward battery A of the
Utah volunteers.
Captain Wedgwood has d wide repu-
tation as an able, honest. conservative
and systematic man. and even ReDubli
cans concede that his election is prob
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