he ran again, but was defeated, as was also the case four years
later, his defeat being due to factional differences in the county.

On March 28, 1906, Governor Warfield appointed him As-
sociate Judge to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Judge
Edwin H. Brown. The appointment was accepted by Demo-
crats as being a proper move on the part of the Governor, and
since then Judge Crothers has occupied his position on the
Bench up until the time he was nominated for Governor. Mr.
Crothers makes his home in Elkton, Cecil county.

Comptroller of the Treasury-elect: DR. JOSHUA W. HERING
(Democrat).

Dr. Joshua W. Hering is a resident of Westminster and
has been prominent in the politics and public life of Carroll
county for a number of years. He first held public office in
the session of the Maryland Senate of 1896, having been
elected Senator in a special election in December, 1895,
which was most hotly contested, the vote of his county
determining the political complexion of the Senate in that
session. He was chairman of the Committee on Revaluation
and Assessment, and was also chairman of the Conference
Committee of the two houses on this bill. In the same ses-
sion he was on the Finance and Corporation committees.
He has been connected with the banking business for many
years, and was for a term President of the Maryland Bankers'
Association. He was elected Comptroller of the Treasury
in 1899 and 1901, and declined a renomination in 1903. He
was unanimously nominated for the same office in 1907 by
the Democratic State Convention, and after canvassing the
State was elected by a majority of nearly 15,000. He was
elected President of the General Conference of the Metho-
dist Protestant Church in 1892 and re-elected in 1896, and is
the only layman who was ever elected president of that body
and the only person ever re-elected. He was one of the
founders of Western Maryland College; was its treasurer for
many years and is now President of its Board of Trustees.
He was also one of the founders of the Westminster Theo-
logical Seminary and of the Home for the Aged at West-
minster. He is President of the Mutual Fire Insurance
Company of Carroll County and a director in a number or
other institutions. He received the degree of Doctor of
Laws from St. John's College at Annapolis in June, 1900.