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Show WILLIAM Ml'ItDOCK M'CAKTY Kcpiilillciin .Nominee for Justice of Supreme Court. With a few of tho advantages that arc common to the young men of this generation, William Murdoek Mc-Carty, Mc-Carty, a native of Alpine, Utah county, coun-ty, Utah, has risen from obscurity to the most coiuinnndlng position on the bench of this state. Chief Justice McCnrty was born .May ID, 18r.'J, of pioneer pauntage. ills mother walked across the plains in 1S49, at the age of 11 years. His .uther came In 1851', drMng an ox team, landing In Cottonwood, (then known us Mill Creek,) Salt Luke County, where he rcmulned until hr man led lu 18CC. He and his wifo and one babu two years thereafter moved to Alpine, In this county, whore they lled some years. The elder McCnrty Mc-Cnrty engaged In farming. At that time In Alpine, as elsewhere In Utah, the public school was taught only In tho winter months. Two of thoso v. Inters lie taught the Alpine school and one of the pupils of whom the teacher was proud and lu later years jfton spoke concerning was a Innky lad of many frolics who Is now known BVBVBaVVlBBVBVfl ibt VbbbbbI bVbSjp bbvb BBsBy. BBvfl BBBBJF' BBbbI bTbH-.a.. tJbbYbI BBBBMMMrt'' - IbVI iBBBBBi mBBBJ WBWBWBpi" ' Jt BWfl as the serious minded and sedate Hon. John E. Uooth of I'rovo. From Alpine, Al-pine, where Justice McCarty was born, tho family rot (mod to Mill Creek, and from thero moved to St. George, Washington county, In 1862, whore they endured the extreme hardships and privations of tho pioneers pio-neers of that country In eurly days. Tho sou's boyhood was spout In St. Ocorgo nnd Washington county, from 18G2 to 18C9, ho attending the mm-mon mm-mon school nt Santa Clara mree mouths each winter until ho was 9 years of age. The family then moved to Summit Creek, near I'urowan, Iron county, living there seven years. Three montho of schooling each year lu tho llttlo log school house gavo him a llttlo more book learning. In thu other nine, months of each year ho drovo cattle, worked on the farm, hauled logs nnd performed the other hard work Incident to pioneer life. For a part of each year he hnulcd freight to I'lochc, and other enstern Nevada camps. In 187C tho family mocd to Sevier county, where he again attended school lu tho winter mouths. In the wlntor of 18S1 nnd 18S2, he attended tho Ilrlghnm Young Academy nt I'rovo, and Inter the Presbyterian Mission school nt Monroe, whoro ho studied the fundamentals of law. Ho borrowed books from Judge D. P. Wheaton, formerly Assistant U, S. niBtrlct Attorney for tho Heaver district dis-trict Mr. McCarty rend law for six years and practiced lu the Justice courts, ffe was admitted to practice in tho district court at Heaver In 18S7 nnd lu tho supremo court of the stnto In While In the active general prac- Ico of law at Heaver, Utah. Justice VcCarty .was appointed Assistant U 4 District Attomoy for that district lu 18SD. On the dlsbandoiiiaent of the old "People's" and "Liberal" parties, no was nominated by the Republican party for and by tho people elected o the olllce of County Attorney for Sovler County nnd re-elected to the same onieo lu 1891. On tho udvont jf statehood he was elected District Judge for tho Sixth Judicial District, comprising the counties of Sovler Wayne. I'lute. (Jarllold and Kane. Ho was re-olected lo that office for tho second term running In that then sparsely settled dlrtrlct our 900 votos head of his ticket, and carrying "-orv iiollltiir precinct except one therein. After having served two years of tils second term as District Judge he was nomlnnted end olected o the olllce of Justlco of tho Supremo fourt. which olllce ho has held for two terms, serving four years of thnt time as Chief Justice. Ills party has nominated him by Tclamntlon for n third term |
