The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1914-01-03
DEATH OF JUDGE POWERS.

Loyalty to his friends was con
spicuous trait in the character of Judge
Orlando ". Powers. whose death yes
terday. after a brief illness, came as
shock to the community. His friends
were legion in and out Of the state. He
counted among them some OF the most
noted figures in national life, and today
they are mourning the loss of one who
I was their peer in intellectual power and
the superior Of many of them in flashing
. wit and graceful and compelling elo-
ouence. While il WAS not his fortune
. TO share With them whatever there may
be of glory and satisfaction IN the at
tainment Of high political position, none
doubted that his ability entitled him
10 the best his state had TO offer and all
knew that TO whatever emincnce he
might be called he would shine as
/, star of the first mag nitude.
But whether his friends were great
or small be was ever loyal to them, and
this accounts in large measure for his
popularity among all classes. The poets
have referred TO the bubble. popular
i,y,' - rs something so transitory and
. trcachcrous as TO lead wise and great
men like wiil-o-tbe-wisp TO empty goals
aud dark disappointments. And it is
true that so the overwceningly ambi-
ious who caunot accept the 'fslings and
arrows of outrageous fortune with
philosophy and patience popularity is
4 merely "bubble. - But TO man like
!Judgc Powers, who fonnd in his work
land III ms friends q solace that fame
sYd power cannot give, popularity had
1its sweet entertainments.
7; In all bis work as lawyer there
was the satisfaction that comes TO
-,muscuIar intellect of being able to
achieve great things easily. Like the
athlete who feels within himself the
ability to outdo all his rivals in wide
variety of contests, Judge Powers must
often have fell the glow and perhaps
the pride of intellectual power.
One OF the foremost figures at the bar
Of Utah, his proficiency gained victory
tor him in many important cases. His
fame extended throughout the country,
wherever the names Of eminent lawyers
met with homage AT the time Of his
death he had au Office in Los Angeles,
where his sou. Roger Woodworth Pow.
crs. wss associated with him Is was on
one of his trips to care for the work of
THIS Office that he was stricken with
pneumonia as he had been once before
or a similar trip When he was brought
back q forboding seized his friends that
this brilliant aud kindly man was al
ready within the shadow of death, and
As an orator Judge Powers had few
equals in the west. He WAS especially
boppy as an after-dinner speaker, and
inose who attended the Commercial
club banquet 20 Mr. Taft will recall
how delighted the then president Of the
United States was with the genial sal
lies and sciutiIant witticisms of the
Judge s speech. On the platform or in
the field rs campaigner he was equal.
- fe!icitous and he possessed keen
ness and a commanding power Of logic
ton and the admiration even of his
ioes. Some Of his forensic victories were
no notable that they arc a part Of The
conntry's legal history.
In earlier days he had taken part in
The bitterest political contests that
Utah has known. In later life. how
ever, he harbored no rancor. He for
gave and forgot and his outlook upon
life, therefore, was that of q man who
had fought the fight fairly and honest
ly. and who was able to take into his
final years a spirit unembittered by the
human conflict.
To his loved ones who arc SO pro.
foundly stricken with sorrow the sym.
pathy Of the entire community goes
out in spontaneous abundance Their
tears ningie with the tears of MANY
friends. great and humble, and his
! uleuOry WILL BE cherished by ELL nc thnt