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Show H B M, 1 I. I PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT I H' I HARRIMAN'S SUCCESSOR B! I LUiiiJitliill!TT1 WU1' 11,0 c,ocllon of Ilobert Scott I-ovett ns i Jjj IwfegUj cluilrinnn of the executive committee of the j jjj ffi ' "ja I l'"lol I'nelflc nml Southern Pnclllc Hallrond com- , i I JI vi panics, the contlntitince of Edward II. Hnrrlmnn's i MB? policies seems assured, so fnr ns nny mnii other ' ftle 53 tl,nn tllc c0'1'0'" f H'ose policies could continue LaB n6 hem. For "Judge" Lovett, ns ho Is commonly LB llll m i y t'lilled. has hcen iMr. Hnrrlmnn's rlght-hnnd man LLB llll Wfyf M II l,t,rsonnl counselor for the last flvo years and LH I mM' ffl I I,rol)nu,y 'B more conversant with the dead llnan- ' 1 Wfrf3' ' 'ier's plans that any other llvlni; man. Ho has Jjj )W0h boon also general counsel olllclally tor tho Hnrrl- J (jjj I "inn "nes nll(1 v'coiresldent of both the Union j Smyw wMm 1acl,lc nml tn Southern Pacific, ns woll as a "fiFmz& director of theso and n number of other railroads j I wn my'" i' ' " 71 under Hariimnn control. A small man physically, "Judge" Lovett has a pair of quizzical eyes and n determined mouth that can breale Into a. smile ns he talks. Ho gives an Impression of vigor and masterful self-reliance, for which qualities, it Is said, ho was cho3on to advlso Harrlman. In many hotly contested law suits I.ovott had demonstrated his ability boforo ho was . asked by tho man whoso placo ho will try to till to go to Now York at a B salary that mado him the envy of most high-priced counselors In that city Born In San Jacinto county, Texas, CO miles north of Houston, Juno 22, ) 18C0' "Judge" Lovett was tho son of a poor pioneer farmer who went to tho J'ono Star stato from Alabama. As a boy ho worked on the farm and went t0 n country school. When ho was 11 years old the coiutructlon crow of tno Houston East and West rallwny reached tho neighborhood In which ho lived and tho boy was given employment by a contractor at digging out I stumps from tho right of way. Then ho drovo a scraper and after several months of hard work for several contractors ho baenme a clerk In a storo H nnd " rnllrond ngont at Shepherd, Texas. Then he studied law In Houston in 1,10 mco of Charles Stewart, at that time representative In congress. H" ( From this time on his record shows rapid climbing ns a Texas rallwny 1 lawyer. In 1889 ho beenmo assistant general attorney of tho Texas & Pacific I Hallway Company nt Dallas, and two years later was mado general nttomey. Bocomlng a member of tho firm of Hnkor, Uotts & Lovett, ho was soon in tho frnt rank of Texas railroad lawyers. Trained in tho Gould Bystem. H", nB ,l,B Practice expanded ho enmo Into contact with Mr. Harrlmnn through j , tuo ,,lrB interests of tho Southern I'aclilc system In Texas. January 1, 1001, 1 1,0 WUB niado general attorney and counsel for all tho Harrlnian lines in I Toxns and went to New York to live. |