SKETCHES OF MEMBERS OF HOUSE OF DELEGATES. 267

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY—Four Members.

RICHARD S. HILL, Democrat.

Dr. Hill is an active and progressive farmer and stockman,
residing upon his farm "Stratford," where he is successfully

cultivating six hundred and fifty acres of land. He practiced
medicine in Washington for five years, but relinquished that
profession and returned to the country. He has always been
a staunch Democrat, and takes a deep interest in all that
tends to the benefit of the party. He has been active in pri-
maries and committee work, but has never before been a can-
didate for office. He was the organizer and has been presi-
dent of the Southern Maryland Fair for eleven years ; presi-
dent of the Patuxent Planters' Club, a very active and pro-
gressive organization of farmers ; president and now member
of the executive committee of the Farmers' League of Mary-
land; trustee of Maryland Agricultural College and Experi-
ment Station, and an active member of the South River
Club, the oldest social club in the world.

JAMES ENOS RAY, Democrat.

Mr. Ray was born January 12, 1874, at Chillum. He is a
graduate of the Maryland Agricultural College and George-
town University. He is practicing law in Maryland, and is
also a practical farmer. He has always been deeply inter-
ested in all public matters, but has never before held office.

MICHAEL J. TIGHE, Democrat.

Mr. Tighe was born at Indian Head, March 15, 1857, and
educated in the public schools. He lived on a farm until he
was twenty one, then engaged in telegraph construction work.
Since 1890 he has been conducting a general merchandise
store in connection with the agricultural implement business.

ROBERT W. WELLS, Democrat.

Mr. Wells was a member of the House in 1902, and took an
important part in its proceedings. He was born near Bladens-
burg, in 1875. After receiving the degree of Master of Laws
from the Columbian University he went to Kansas and was
admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court. In 1897 he re-
turned to Washington, and is a member of the Bar Associa-
tion of the District of Columbia, of the Business Men's Asso-
ciation of the District of Columbia, and chairman of the ex-
ecutive committee of the Board of Trade of Hyattsville, and

of various social organizations. He is very much interested
in politics, and was an alternate to the Kansas City Demo-
cratic Convention in 1900.