Show HON 0 W POWERS A sketch of tho ahe ot the his tico of the firt district AN EARNEST WORKER prom the plow to the benchan interesting career it is with pleasure wo present our readers with a brief biographical sketch Orlando of W powers associate justice of alie supreme court of utah and the arh hrh democratic appointee to a judicial in utah territory for a number of years orlando V powers was born at wayne county new york june 1851 coa he is at alio present time 34 of age his ia a lanner in coin and ins par acma arc both living there oro three children two boon ancl one daughter tho laughter is the oldest then comert our presed enstice and a younger brother ahe daughter ter is married and resides about 15 miles froni the homo while alie brother on the farm orlando W powers received a colimon school education and then spent several terms at the sodus academy and at the miles collet t aiato iato institute ilia bummers ceru usually spent in working on the farm and in the winter he was engaged in cultivating his mind aiu entered the famous university at ann arbor michigan in the fail of and after careful study and close attention to duty he graduated willi the claims of 1871 ho then n turned new honors to his york state and remained thero till the spring of 1873 when hu went to kalamazoo michigan lie landed there without a friend in the place and totally una about 90 in rash in hand the youthful lawyer had never been to this placa bt orp but lie judged it to be a tood field in to locate and con clu ded to there he secured a po as clerk in the of the law firm of may buck both members of this firm have held several varr responsible positions in the alaio off after about three months service orlando W powers was taken into the firm which then changed ita name to eliat of may buck powers in return for liis services the junior partner received loa per year and ilia hoard quite a compensation for rendered but it mattered nut to the youthful aspirant lie was steadily working asam time after this mr buck was elected to a responsible office in the state and withdrew fram the orm thus le avint the business to may pow era enma the airm etien took in 1876 mr mav removed to detroit and 0 W powers took into partner ship with him a gentleman named daniela Dani eln this partnership ws continued till the winter ofru in accepting democratic justice howera did not follow in the heeps of his sire who is a republic m at the anpo of 21 0 W powers vote for the and lias linn ly adhered to democratic principles ever since in alie fall of 78 lie waa nominated by tho democrats of kala mazoo for the office of attorney of a very county and he bame very near elected in tho spring of he w a elected attorney foe the village of kalamazoo Kala mazo then the united stales since that linb has aeeti incorporated as a city aliis office ho held bior one year in there was considerable sid erable talk abail nominating 0 W powers for a member of a fram liis district acl as his bui invie was just then commencing to pay and lie was antiona lu li ia inthia direction lie bui formed ilia friends that lie would not run for that office and he was very likely to ba the subject of a complimentary lio placed a letter in the bianda of jude burke that lentic man if ahe name of 0 W powers was blared before alie convention which was held to read it in the letter the nomination if such were made was declined tho very boxi afternoon whiled trying a case in alio court lie received a that lio had received 58 votes t 0 received by his opponent unfortunately he waa taken ill in september and had to yo to new york ti recuperate ho returned in october before the election w hichi resulted in tho election of J C bur rows present member of congress for eliat district notwithstanding ho was beaten 0 W puwera polled UK largest straight democratic vole anve received by any binau in that district mr business contin iud to increase ami ho hart been connect ed with borne of alie imbt prominent and law casca in tho state of dunns alie past ft w years in all his basea juddi port era was eminently successful the talc ing of testimony in one of these bases rases occupied seven weeks and the trial was before a somo of his cases have been taken before the court of the and jus tiie powers has argued some of before hat august tribunal buo ouo of the cases in which ho is inter e led ia now lendins pen dins As a puli justice powers lias always ban very active and prominent although alth ounh h never bought oance ilia kaiue t the president by a warm briend mr don without liia knowledge the birc mr knew of any action Us llila was a fram mr Dir kinson that hia anuw nad bebin for the othave oo 00 in utah mr amels inson staled he biad secured tha on dor of ahe judges 0 thy circuit court of michigan and mr n in the of the initta nt cd in th atter who biad dono foolish in this opinion juda nl it wai alien too lato to retract in ho supreme court warda powers attendance in wash inston hii he enado a brief cill antho lie was in tho capital tareo dava and was hoisy alie ahola of th tinie lii visit with president cleveland bobu verv brief in tha spring of cowern vai elected ns u deltosto wih others to the democratic convention in chicago ho was tarro a member of the om on permanent organization lie voncil for cleveland for arc eilent although he was a strong supporter of T A II endricks jus aco powers arrived in in slay last and has established a reputation as an able just aud thorough audgo since hi occupancy of the bench of tho first district court lie was married iu september and has j comfortably homo in Kalmn azoo ric haa no children lias not yet been confirmed by the and ich matter is of much controversy in the eastern cesa at alio present time justice powers however has no apprehension but that he will be confirmed appears certain ills former lifo will afar alie strictest scrutiny and his cart cr is certainly one of ghosn granil successes which occasionally occur in the history of a country from handling a plow ona farm in new york state he lias rien by his own indefatigable efforts to occupy alic rc position of associate justice of alie supreme court of utah territory |