Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-01-06 | Page 2 | Senator King Recounts Former Role as Friendly Foe of Retiring Justice

Senator King Icing Recounts Former Role As Friendly I Foe of Retiring Justice WASHINGTON Jan 6 in injustice R- R justice George Sutherlands Sutherland's former former former for for- mer law partner and opponent in I two political campaigns recalled t today day incidents of a quarter of a century ago in which they both figured SI x S xI I hate to drag George doWnto down downto to the anecdote stage said Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator William H. H King D D. Utah Somehow it doesn't seem proper I have known him for so long Jong and so well But then there are a lot of things to tellI tellI tellI tell I have known him since I was 16 years old He made a place for me in his Jaw firm as a junior partner upon my graduation from Jaw school Just why I never knew I dont don't remember very much about him during those days except except ex ex- that he was about the hardest hardest hard bard est eat working man I h had d ever en encountered encountered encountered en- en countered and that he expected the same thing of me The partners' partners paths divided after after atter af at- ter a few years King became a district judge in Utah and later a jn member n niber of the national house of representatives Sutherland continued the practice of law But when t hen we we did meet again recalled King it was with a bang I had served two wo terms in t pl SENATOR KING He drags Ge George rge up the house and was up for tion My opponent was George Sutherland I was forced to wage a very peculiar campaign There was S nothing I could say against George except that he was a Re Re- publican Toward the end of the campaign we met in debate in a theater in Salt Lake City Silver and tariff were the big issues Who won the debate senator he was asked Well We II he beat me in the election election election elec elec- tion by votes he replied smiling smiling smiling smil smil- ing so figure it out for your your- self King returned to his law Jaw pr practice c- c tice after his defeat Meanwhile Sutherland served one term in inthe inthe inthe the house had been elected to the senate and was up for tion bon There our paths crossed again in in 1916 said King and I was to have my revenge revenge- for that vote defeat at the hands of my friend from boyhood But I was again as you say sayin sayin sayin in golf stymied There was nothing nothing nothing noth noth- ing I could conscientiously say against him except that he was a Republican Finally I just told the voters of Utah that I knew George was better etter equipped to serve them in the senate than I IWAS Iw Iwas w WAS was was- wasand s and that my only plea was that as a Democrat I 1 wanted my share of the wind It worked I was elected to the senate and have been there ever since