Evening star., 1949-11-28
Funeral of Ex-senator King
To Be Held in Utah Wednesday
Veteran Luwmuker,
Ardent New Deal
Foe, Dies at 86

Former Senator William Henry
King. who represented Utah in
the Senate for "a years. died yes
terday in a Salt Lake City hos
pital at the age of 86.
Mr.. King suffered a heart at
tack last August. His death, the
Associated Press reported, re-
suited from causes incident to age.
He had been living in Salt Lake
City since 1947. After his defeat
for reelection in 1910. he prac-
ticed law here for seven years.
The former Democratic legis-
lator is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Fielding Kimball. Ell
Centro. Calf, and Miss Elenore
King of Salt Lake City, and two
sons, David S. King of Salt Lake
City and Capt. John King, Army
A4r Force.
Funeral Wednesday.
Funeral services will be held at
noon Wednesday in the Latter
Day Saints Assembly Hall of Salt
Lake City, with j. Reuben Clark,
first counselor in the first presi-
dency of the Latter-Day Saints
Church, as principal speaker.
Former law partner of the late
Supreme Court Justice George
Sutherland, Mr.. King was one of
the leaders of the Democratic
Party in Utah, a noted orator and
a champion of the campaign for
the reconciliation of silver.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt
initiated his New. Deal policies,
Mr.. King became one of the late
Presidents most bitter critics in
side the Democratic Party.
Fought New Deal Measures.
He gained National attention
for his Senate floor battles against
such legislation as the NRA. wage
hour bill, reciprocal trade treaties,
the soldiers bonus and any bills
which he felt would involve this
country too deeply in foreign af-
fairs. In 1888 he delivered a
three-day speech on Conditions
in the Orient" The talking mara
thon filled 80 pages of the Con-
gressional Record.
For many years Mr.. King was
known here as staunch friend
of District residents-a Senator
who had the interest Of the Dis
trict citizen in his heart.
He first came to Congress as
. member Of the House from
Utah in 1897 and served four
years. He was a member of the
House District Committee during
that time.
At a citizens dinner honoring
him in 1910. he recalled that one
of his first tasks on the House
District Committee was to con-
duct a survey of the Districts
territory. One of the proposals
he recommended was that the
land from Great Falls. down both
sides Of the river, be used for a
public park, that park and plan
ming commission be set up and
that the District Government be
empowered to buy up land to
sell later at moderate prices to
those who would come here to
make their homes.
Entered Senate In 1916.
He was elected to the Senate in
1915 and Immediately became a
member of the Senate District
Committee. He was made chair
man in 1888 and served in that
capacity until his defeat in 1910
in the Utah primary.
Mr.. King always favored in
creased power for the District
Commissioners and while he op-
posed District suffrage. he later
joined the move for national rep
resentation for the city.
In addition to playing an impor-
tant part in the passage Of Dis
trict laws for more than quarter
of a century, he helped plan the
identification of the city as an ex-
ohcio member of the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission.
Mr.. King was a foreign mission
ary Of the Mormon Church while
in his teens, but from the age Of
20 onwards devoted himself al
most exclusively to public Office in
his native State, Utah, and In
Congress
In Congress he was noted chiefly