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Show Historical Character Dead. JUDGE J. F. KINNEY died last Sunday at his home in this city. Judge Kinney was twice chief justice jus-tice of Utah, from 1854 to 1S62. Not many Gentiles resided in Utah when Judge Kinney came here .from Iowa to discharge the duties of -chief justice of the territory. It was during the halcyon days of Brigham Young, and polygamy flourished like a green bay tree. Unlike his successors who filled the office in later years. Judge ' Kinney did nothing to disturb this j condition in Utah. Evidently he per- j ceived the utter impotency of any attempt at-tempt at trying, for a federal official cut very little figure alongside such a big man as Brigham Young. So he did the next best thing for Chief Justice Jus-tice Kinney. He made himself en rapport rap-port with the prophet and (according to his biographer in the Deseret News) succeeded in inducing President Pierce to make Brigham Young the federal governoV of L'tah. More than that is scored up to the credit of Judge Kinney, Kin-ney, if we' may rely upon the same biographer. He publicly expressed an opinion that the sending of Johnston's army to Utah "was entirely uncalled for. and was a great imposition upon the people of Utah." For such signal services to the church, Judge Kinney was elected delegate to congress in 1N6L'. He Mas elected unanimously; which means that he was named by the church and, therefore, nobody else ran against him. This- is about all that is remarkable in the public life, of Judge Kinney in Utah. The other event" of importance which his biographers dwell upon is the marriage of the octagenarian to an elderly widow' who was a very dear friend in the early days of Utah. When we reflect that there is something in the climate of Utah which gives strength and virility to old age, and that love and romance is one long, sweet song there is nothing remarkable remark-able in this latter event, either. |