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Show KICRARDW. YoUJS'G. Democratic Nominee for Supreme Court. A Few Words Concerning That Popular Youngr Man. Born in Salt Lake citv, April, 1858, Spent one year as office boy and telegraph tele-graph operator at Utah Central depot; one and a half years learning carpentering; carpen-tering; two winters in teaching school in Richlleid and Manti. one year as aent of the D, & N. R. 11. at Ogden; several winters at the Dtseret University; and attended "the United States Military academy at West Point graduating honorably in 18SJ; was assigned as-signed bb lieutenant of artillery to Governor's Island, New York, city, where he served as post adjutant and afterwards as captain and acting judge-advocate of the department on the staff of M tjor-Uenerai W. S. Hancock; Han-cock; at the lequest ot the Military Seivice Institution ot tne United States wrote a legal practical work on"Mobs and the Military"pronounced by a committee of which General Fitz John Porter was president as 'admira-ble," 'admira-ble," commended in the preface by General James B. Ery as "the mist thorough and able work on the subject yet publiEhed," and c3mmended b Commander Mullan, senior United States naval officer ia the South Pacific Paci-fic at the time ot our Samoan dispute with Germany, as a "valuable pamph-Ipfc pamph-Ipfc hnvintr had much to ilr with sup pressing many of the contemplated proclamations ot the German authorities.". author-ities.". "the best work at hand," and adding that the service of which Mr Young was "an hoi ored memuei" and the country at larue owed him a great debts; was detailed by Secretary Lincoln Lin-coln to assist the pro3ecution in the famous trial of General Swaim; received re-ceived a peisonal letter from General Hancock thanking him for his efficient services at the funeral of General Grant; waa frequently appointed as judge advocate of important courts-martial, courts-martial, among others one at Eort Douglas for the trial of two officers, de fended by Judge powers, and for hit services in which he received a letter of personal congratulation from General Gen-eral George Crook: was tendered but declined military instructorship at Pennsylvania Military academy, thf bsst private military school in the country, by the superintendent, a stranger to Mr. Young, who wrote that he waa Beeking an instructor among a few ofllce',vviio had -beon highly recommended to him." Mr. Young studied constitutional and international in-ternational law at West Point, graduated gradu-ated at the law school of Columbia college, col-lege, New I'ork city, 1884, and was admitted ad-mitted to the practice m all the courts of the state of New Yi,rk that same year; made military law a specialty until 1S88, when he re.-inned from the army to practice law at Salt Lake city: was endorsed by a number ot tb6 leacK ing attorneys ot the territory as successor succes-sor to Judge Bartch at the time it was thought Mr. Cleveland would appoint ap-point a democrat; was tendered the city attorneyship ty Mayor Baskin In the spring of 1891, but declined the ap pointmint; has built up au active and lucrative practice, and has been reg-uiaily reg-uiaily letamed as permanent attorney for a number of the most prominent institutions of the territory j was employed em-ployed with Mr, Variau by the war department to defend an officer and two soldiers charged with the murder of a civilian at Fort Douglas. Mr. Young has served as a member of the city council and for four and one half years as a member and vice-preBident of the board of education of Salt Laue city. Me now occupies tne ranK oi brigadier-general of the Utah National Guard. The Tribune spoke of Mr. Young as afaithtul, active, earnest and ablt member of the board of education edu-cation always striviutr lor the best in-teie8isotthe in-teie8isotthe schools; and of his appointment ap-pointment as general as an admirable teieclion certain to be receive I by the people oi Utah with lively satisfaction. |