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Show LOVETT IS A LAWYER. Robert Scott Lovctt, chairman or the Union Paciric board or directors, and bororo tho sogrogatlon plan bocamo operative opera-tive prosldont or both Union Paciric and Southern Pacific, is a lawyor as woll as a railroad chlor, a Tact which stood him In good stead, Tor only a lawyor and ono or Supremo Court callbor could havo straightonod out tho Paciric situation. Judge Lovott, Tor ho Is still callod "Judgo," although ho has novor hold a Judicial position, but obtained tho tltlo rrom tho Tact that ho was born In Toxas whoro overyhody Is a Judgo, Just as in Kontucky ovorybody is a colonol, round ono solution or tho puzzlo, but tho Call-rornla Call-rornla Railway Commission upsot It. Judgo Lovott was mado chairman or tho board or tho Union Pacific Railroad Company on September 15, 1000, and chairman or tho Southern Pacific next day. His association with Mr. Harrlman began In 1001 when Mr. Harrlman round tho firm or Baker, Botts, Baker & Lovctt acting as gonoral attorneys Tor tho Southern South-ern Pacific & Toxas, which ho had Just acquired. Mr. Harrlman put Lovott through the third degree to find out what ho knew about railroading In Texas, and found out lhat ho know about all there was to H From that tlmo Judgo Lovott's credit H with Mr. Harrlman was established, and H ho was rroquontly callod to Now York by H his chlor until 100-i when ho was sum- M moncd to tho motropolls to remain per- M tnanontly as gonoral counsel for tho wholo H Harrlman system, and on Mr. Harrlman's H (loath ho succecdod his chler as head or M both tho Harrlman lines. M Ho is now in Europo enjoying a well- M earnod rest. H |