Show I I FRIENDS BUSY i f Some weeks ago William M. M McCrea McCrea McCrea Mc- Mc Crea announced that ho he would be sv to candidate for tor the Rf Republican an nomination nomi nom nation fir fn attorney general Since- Since that hat time his friends throughout theo there the- the re o have been active in urging nis nia nomination Mr McCrea has lived in Utah alt all altof altof of his lifo life with the exception ot or those years spent in tho study of law lawIn lawin lawin in the east He Ho was graduated from the Salt Lake high school in 1897 1891 and from the Cornell University College College Col Col- lege of ot Law in June 1900 For fifteen fifteen fifteen teen years he has been engaged InI in the practice of or law in this state In In- II November 1904 ho he was waa elected to to- a the lower house of the tho state legislature legislature legis legis- lature on the Republican ticket serving serving sen- sen ing in the season of 1905 Subsequently A and for eight years he was assistant United States Slates attorney for forthe forthe forthe the state of Utah serving under HIram Hiram Hiram Hi HI- ram E. E Booth who was United States Statu attorney during that period Durin During those years a large number of at Important important important im Im- cases were prosecuted by the United States attorneys attorney's office Mr McCrea has always been an active active ac ac- tive Uve R Republican worker and with the exception of his candidacy for th the legislature above mentioned he has- has never been a candidate for elective elective- office Mr Mr- McCrea's friends predict that he ho will wUl have a large following In the state convention n |