Members of the Senate of 1808.

Allegany County—DAVID B. DICK.

David E. Dick, Republican, was born in Lonaconing,
July 10, 1869. When a boy he began working about the
coal mines near Lonaconing, and continued at that occu-
pation until 1890, when he entered a business college in
Philadelphia. He graduated from that institution in No-
vember, 1891, and returned to his employment in Jack-
son mines, where he continued working until May, 1894.
He took a prominent part in the strike which occurred in
1894, and in consequence lost his position in the mines.—
He then opened a grocery store in Lonaconing and is
still engaged in that business. Mr. Dick first became
known in politics in 1894, when ho espoused the cause of
ex-Senator Geo. A. Pearre, who sought the Republican
nomination for Congress against George L. Wellington.
The young member astonished the House one day, when
the session was half over. Up to that time he had not
spoken on any subject before the General Assembly. On
the day in question, the civil-service bill came up, and
Mr. Dick, in burning words of eloquent ferver, delivered
himself on the subject, declared the House was being
tricked in what it did not want in this matter, and pro-
claimed his independent, God-given manhood, unbartered
by gubernatorial favor or influence. His eloquence won
tin' warmest applause, and placed him in the front rank
of the speakers of the House. He was a member of the
committee on militia, chairman of committee on contin-
gent fund, member of committee on corporations in the
last House. In May, 1896, he was appointed Assistant
Labor Statistician, which office he resigned to accept the
State Senatorship.

Anne Arundel County—JOHN WIRT RANDALL.
John Wirt Randall is 52 years old, and was educated
at St. John's College, Burlington College and Yale Col-
lege. He is a lawyer, and is associated with his brother,
Daniel R. Randall, in practice at Annapolis. He is also
president of the Farmers' National Bank of Annapolis,
which was chartered as the Farmers' Bank of Maryland
in 1805. He is the oldest living son of the late Alexan-