member of the Civil Service Reform Association. Senator
Dobler is a man of convictions, and, at the finish, though
the pressure was great, refused at the last session, to
vote for any other than an Eastern Shoreman for
United States Senator. He was on the committee on
civil service reform and election reforms, on committee
on education, on committee on executive nominations, on
committee on printing, on committee on retrenchment of
expenses in State government, on committee on contingent
expenses of the last Senate.

Baltimore City, (Second District)—LEWIS PUTZEL.

Lewis Putzel was born in Baltimore on December 16,
1866. He was educated in the public schools, graduating
with honor from the Baltimore City College in 1885. He
studied law at the University of Maryland, graduating
in 1888, second in his class, and was awarded the Thesis
prize. He was admitted to the bar in 1888, and has been
steadily advancing in his profession, and is considered
one of the ablest of the younger members of the bar. In
1892, he associated himself with Hugo Steiner, under the
firm name of Steiner & Putzel. He first entered politics
in 1895, when he was elected a member of the House of
Delegates of 1896. He at once became a leader in the
House, and was recognized as an able debater and the
uncompromising opponent of dishonest and improper
legislation. In the House he led in the fight for the
various reform laws passed by the Legislature. He aided
in the defeat of the park tax bill, the equitable subway,
the private sewerage and various railroad bills. In 1896,
lie was appointed City Attorney by Mayor Hooper. He
is a member of the new City Charter Commission.

Baltimore City, (Third District)—FRANK S. STROBRIDGE.

Frank S. Strobridge was born in the city of San
Francisco, California, February 17, 1857. He comes of
New England stock, his parents being Massachusetts
people, whose fathers and grandfathers were living in
this country before the American Revolution. Mr.
Strobridge received his education in the public schools
of Philadelphia and graduated from the High School at
the age of nineteen. In 1875, his parents moved to
Baltimore city, where he began his business career in an
insurance office. In 1881, he was one of the incorporators