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convention, and when it was over John smiled and said, "I just didn't get enough votes." But his character was there because there were some debts, and sometime later John told us that he went over to the bank and signed a note and paid off the debts. And that was John's character; he didn't walk away from his obligations. I don't suppose John ever walked away from an obligation in his life. Some four years later when in that interval his efforts were crowned with success and the celebrated law firm of Boyden, Tibbals, Staten & Croft prospered, and did great work in those difficult years which brought about the success that Mr. Sekaquaptewa has spoken of. Some four years later, 1 guess about when the note got paid off, some people from both political parties thought John would make an excellent governor. We happened to meet down in the basement of Elder Bernard P. Brockbank, and Gill Sweeten was there. Gill had a special relationship with John. John just wasn't Gill's sonin-law, John was Gill's son. And you children have to know that one of the chief engineers behind your father's candidacy for governor, both times, was your grandfather. While in this meeting we went around the room and spoke about how John should accept his public responsibilities, and so on, and we'd all spoken, including Gill, except Orpha and John. Somebody turned to Orpha and said, "Orpha, what do you think?" And Orpha then uttered that classic statement, "John will run for governor over my dead body, like he did the first time." Now whenever we would recount that classic statement John would quickly spring to the defense of Orpha, saying how faithful and vigorous and helpful Orpha had been the first time he ran for governor; and, of course, she was the second time. We can't speak about John without speaking of Orpha's parents because I've indicated that relationship was quite unique in my experience. John had no more enthusiastic supporter than his fatherin-law, Gill Sweeten, no one who promoted him more or was his champion more than Grandpa Sweeten. Gill frequently would say, "John Boyden is the finest man 1 know." And of course when Gill passed away, Gill had requested that John speak at his funeral. Well, John had more success and he progressed, and he grew, and
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| Title | John S. Boyden: three score and ten in retrospect |
| Creator | Boyden, Orpha Amanda Sweeten |
| Subject | Boyden, John Sterling, 1906-1980; Democratic Party -- Utah; Coalville (Utah) -- History |
| Description | Life story of John S. Boyden, including his experiences in Coalville, Utah, law practice, participation in the Utah Democratic Party, family life, church involvement, and advocacy for Indians. |
| Source | Boyden |
| Date Digital | 2008-01 |
| Date Original | 1986 |
| Type | text |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Digitization Specs | JPEG image for display. Archived TIFF image was scanned at 300 dpi with a CreoScitex EverSmart Jazz+ scanner. |
| Contributing Institution | Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah |
| Publisher | Southern Utah State College Press |
| Language | eng |
| Genre | Biography |
| Website | http://www.li.suu.edu/library/digitization/boyden.html |
| Rights Management | Digital image c2008 Sherratt Library, Southern Utah University. All rights reserved. |
| CONTENTdm file name | 1144.cpd |
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