appointed him postmaster at Mechanicstown, which office
he resigned after he was nominated by his party for
register of wills. He was elected to that office. He was
a member of the House during the session of 1884, and
voted for the assessment bill and free school books. Col.
Rouzer was one of Senator Wellington's strongest sup-
porters for the Senatorial nomination, in 1896. He is a
fearless advocate of whatever he believes in. He was
a member of committee on organization, chairman of
committee on militia, on manufactures, on corporations,
of the last House.

HARRY E. CHAPLINE.

Harry E. Chapline is in his 29th year and is a resident
of Frederick City. He was born in Shepherdstown, W.
Va., his father being 1. Thomas Chapline, a prominent
and well-known Republican. He is a nephew of the late
Judge Joseph Chapline, who came East during the late
war, and took an active part in the organization of the
Republican party in West Virginia. Mr. Chapline is a
young man of sound judgment, and the fact that he led
the Frederick county delegate ticket in the recent elec-
tion speaks in high terms of his popularity. He is a
journalist, having been on the reportorial staff of the
Frederick Daily and Weekly News for the past eight
years. Mr. Chapline has always taken, an active interest
in the politics of his party in Frederick county. Last
year he was secretary of the Republican County Central
Committee.
J. FRANK BUTTS.

J. Frank Butts will enter the House thoroughly quali-
fied to fulfill the duties of the position to the best in-
terests of his constituency. Mr. Butts is of Irish and
German-English descent, and comes from a family well
known in Western Maryland. His maternal ancestors
were very prominently identified with the upbuilding of
Southern Pennsylvania. His father came to Maryland
from West Virginia when but a youth, and has ever since
lived in Frederick county, conducting a successful busi-
ness. The subject of this sketch was born in Petersville,
on. "Merry Land" tract, and has spent the most of his
life in. Middletown Valley. He received his elementary
education in the public schools of the county, in which
he has been a successful teacher for the past six years.
He also pursued a coarse of study in law, and is now a
member of the Frederick bar.