BALTIMORE CITY—(First legislative District).
Six Members.
L. E. Melis, Republican.

Mr. Melis is proprietor of a bakery. He was born in 1862
and obtained his education in public schools, later taking a
course in book-keeping in the Maryland Institute.

L.L. BAWSELL, Republican.

Mr. Bawsell was born in Houston, Texas, in 1867. Upon
the death of both parents of yellow fever he was brought to
Washington and educated in the schools of that city and the
Maryland Agricultural College, later taking a course in
mechanical and electrical engineering. In 1885 he entered the
service of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company. He
has for some time been actively identified with political affairs
in his ward.

W. F. PENTZ, Republican.

Dr. Pentz enters upon his second term as a member of the
House, with a record for good committee work during the
session of 1898. Especially on the Committee of Insurance
and Loans he claims to have saved the State much revenue.
He is a member of a number of organizations, among them
being the Jr. O. U. A. M. and Grand Lodge of Masons.

His father was one of the largest pork packers in this couni
try, and his grandfather and two uncles fought in the battle of
North Point.

G. W. BAUMGARTNER, Republican.

Mr. Baumgartner, a native of Washington County, is a
plumber, fifty-eight years of age. During the Civil War he
was a member of the Pennsylvania Ringgold Cavalry. At
the close of the war he moved to Baltimore and engaged in
plumbing. He was the first foreman appointed in the Water
Department under Mayor Malster.

H. E. JOHNSON, Republican.

Mr. Johnson was born in Baltimore in 1866. He is a grad-
uate of Knapp's Institute, and is now engaged in ship chan-
dlery and rope business. Mr. Johnson is a staunch Republican
and a member of the Lutheran Church.