Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1898-01-17
LEGISLATIVE PERSONALS.

A member of the Legislature in bis
sketches of members of that body pub.
lished In the Richmond Dispatch ssys
The distinguished gentleman from
Fauquier, Pilcher-everybody has
heard of Pitcher. 1t is said, 'You dc
not love him unless you know him. ,
[ do not know him. Can say that
dislike him? 1 cannot. believe him
good fellow, more sinned against than
SHINING. He has his peculiarities, SO
AVE most men; be is different from
tie common heard; in fact, he is diffei
ont from all the herd.
He is not patterned after any man
you ever saw. He is Pitcher, and Pill.
cher is different from all before him or
aay to come after him. The pattern is
os;; there will be no more Is he
hand ONE? Pitcher handsome? Hard.
is; but be has more borse-sense than
any man you ever saw for the looks of
min. He has strong face. irregular,
uneven, but strong in every part.
Some portions Of his head are mislead-
lne; it contains more than the meas
lrement suggests; there is force, a
3ower, brain that stuns you. You
iook at it and think it is smooth
bored gun, but when the thing is fired
Gu hnd it was rifed aud shot
pound ball.
Yes, the straight truth is. he is dia-
nond-in the rough, if you like; we
ion't care. All this idea about the
nan being rough is due to the fact
hat he has the courage OF his convc.
ions, and he expresses those convic-
ions to suit himself, not caring whether
you like them or not. That is ali there
is to it.
That is the whole of the himsy, fool
ish basis upon which is built Ill this
,onsense about his being bear, mar
ating mopster-this sarcastic Ran
dolph of Roanoke.
Picher is colonel-not colonel by
the Governors commission, but Colonel
oi the House of D alegates, commission.
ID by the House itself.
Young Willard, of Fairfax county, is
one OF the prominent men in the House.
He is lawyer, and has been here be.
fore. He is active, watchful, capable,
Industrious. and efficient. He is re-.
msrkable in more respects than one.
He sthe wealtbies man in the State.
His income, it is said, is not far from a
thousand dollars day, and yet it has
not made fool of him. | have never
seen a rich young man like him, and
never read of bit one-the young man
in the Bible, of whom it was said: 81
have kept the law from my youth, up"
His face is gentle as a woman's;
every feature and every expression is
that of virtue, not a trace Of vice; his
character stands out as full, as bright
and conspicuous as the headlight of the
engine; no dissipation is pictured there.
He has kept the law; few men have.
How this young man, with ali his
wealth, escaped being neither fop nor
fool is we'll worth the investigation of
rich men who have sons Is it heredi-
or training, or both? know moth
ing of these men; to me they are s'rang-
ers. I speak of them as l believe they
are, not as to how they became this
xay or that. Willard and Boaz (of
Albemarle), another good man, are
Cookies lieutenants on the finance COM
mittee; the three would make good
committee on anything. Young Will
lard is a very good speaker, always
ready, and have seen no man quicker
and more certain to detect the weak
point, either ip bill or an argument
a man of keen perceptive faculties. In
mannerE he. is plain and unassuminp.
not near so dressy as some men long III
arrears with their tailor. He makes no
display of his wealth; he is gentle
man, and supposes you to be the same;
at least. he treas you ss though be be-
lieved it. One of his strong character
istics, 1 would say, was devotion to
principle, duty, and friends. He is
most valuable man, one that would
make friends anywhere, and do
the square thing under all circum-
stances. have said of him less than
he deserves. less than if he were poor,
instead of multi-millionaire.
The Richmond Dispatch says Mr..
George G. Galleher, of Prince Will
liam, is the heaviest man in the House.
He stands six feet in his stockings, and
tins the scales at 269. He occupies a
seat to the right of the Speaker in the
second row and next to the front.
Whenever he rises upon his feet he
effectually blocks the view of those be-
hind him, and no one in the House,
however, near-sighted, can fail to see
the tall and commanding form OF the
delegate from Prince William. Mr..
Galleher was born forty-nine years
ago in the county which be SO ably rep,
resents. His education was limited
to the "old field schools" in his neigh
borhood, and afterwards be went 10
the Upperville Academy. He entered
the Confederate service in the last year.
of the war, being then only l6 years OF
age. -. e,. .nd
Mr.. Galleher is typical farmer ana
has been tiller of the soil all his lie.
he has never held any office. except
that of country Squire, until two years
ago he was persuaded by friends to be. E.
come a candidate for the House OF
Delegates, which he did, and was elect
l.