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torial struggle and captured the entire
delegation from that city to the Norfolk

vOF1d4 struggle anu SdILuieu l4ic cusiA y
delegation from that city to the Norfolk
Convention. These were the only dele
gates Mt. Montague secured in the Fifth
Congressional District, and as result
Colonel Cabell was everywhere regarded
as the logical man to place the young
Attorney-General's name before the Nor
folk Convention. He did his part well,
and as further recognition OF his splen-
did services Governor Montague made
him chief of his staff upon assuming the
governorship in January.
Colonel Cabell is q man of tlne physique
and Is regarded as one Of the handsomest
men in the General Assembly. Ills most
striking position 60 far in the House
has been in favor OF his cl1ild-la.bor bill,
which failed of passage recently, after
a. pretty fight, in which many Of the
members took part.
In closing the debate in favor Of his
bill. Colonel Cabell made a wonderfully
strong speech. and in his eloquent perora-
ton he related pathetic story Of court
scene, involving the right to the custody
of a little flaxen-haired girl. which
brought the tears gushing from the eyes
OF many OF the stout-hearted members
OF the House
Colonel Cabell is exceptionally popular
with the laboring people in his section.
During the recent gutpernatorial fight one
OF the textile operatives was here. In
discussing the matter. he said: IF Geo.
Cabell were to go into the factories of
North Danville aud tell those men TO
March into river they might not do it.
but they would get SO close to the stream
that many of them would fall in When
asked the reason for it, he said it was
because he had been there constant friend
and had always dealt frankly with them.
9ie Is an honorary member of the Cen
trail Trades and Labor Council of Dan
VILE and is perhaps the only man in the
State not a tradesman who belongs to a
labor organization. There has been
much talk Of Colonel Cabell as congress
0onal probability, but 1t is not known
that he has any present aspirations in
that line.
Colonel Robt E. Lee Jr.. of Fairfax.
3 striking figure among the younger
members of the House. He is a name
sake and grandson of the great Confed-
crate chieftain and is a son of the la
mented VIM. Henry FitZhugh Lee. the
brave Confederate general and long the
popular representative in Confess from
the Eighth Virginia District.
Colonel Lee is a lawyer Of recognized
ability and practices both at Fairfax and
ir Washington city. He is a member
Of Governor Montague's staff and is eX-
ceptionaliy nopular wherever he is known
Physically. Colonel Lee is giant-like. being
perhaps the heaviest man in the House.
and Intellectually he is regarded as one
Of the strong young men of the State, His
speech in favor of the resolution setting
aside S3Oo00o for pensiGningt the old Con-
Sederate soldiers and their widows was a
beautiful rhetorical structure and breathed
patriotism and devotion to the South IN
Its every sentence.
Colonel Lees bill to reapportion the
Bate into congressional districts has at
tEActad widespread attention, and every
sa.e comedies it to be perfectly fair anu
absolutely free from any effort to re-
ward friends or punish enemies. His
name has been freely linked to the seat
in Congress SO long honored by his dis
tinguished father. and whether he shall
eyer aspire TO it or not he promises sore
I day to become a powerful factor in he
,So}itics of Northern Virginia.
Hon. Charles Trotter Lassiter. Of the
city tof Petersburg. is one Of the palms.
eakfng. Intelligent young lawyer-members
80 2ouoA WAe 81 becoming very pop.