producing States to send troops to the mines, Governor
Ritchie, alone among them all, declined to send troops to the
mines and took the position that the situation should be met
by mutual agreement and not by the bayonet. The strike was
finally settled by mutual agreement.

Governor Ritchie was elected President of the Maryland
State Bar Association for the year 1922-1923.

In September, 1923, Governor Ritchie was renominated
without opposition for a second term as Governor, and in
November, 1923, was re-elected by a plurality of over 40,000.
Maryland has elected her Governors by popular vote since
1838. During all that time no Democratic Governor had ever
been renominated, and no Governor of either party had ever
been re-elected. Governor Ritchie broke both precedents.

Governor Ritchie was one of the delegates at large from
Maryland to the Democratic National Convention held in
St. Louis in June, 1916, which nominated Woodrow Wilson
for his second term, was delegate at large to the Democratic
National Conventions held in San Francisco in June, 1920;
to that held in New York in June, 1924, and to that held in
Houston, Texas, in June, 1928.

In September, 1926, Governor Ritchie was renominated
for a third term, receiving a majority in the primary of over
81,500 and the unanimous vote of the Democratic State
Convention. He was re-elected in November, 1926, by a
majority of practically 60,000, the largest ever received by a
candidate for Governor in the history of the State.

At the 1929 Session of the Legislature Governor Ritchie
recommended and put through the most extensive program
ever adopted in the State for highway construction, new
bridges and the elimination of railroad grade crossings. At
the same Session important legislation was enacted for voca-
tional rehabilitation, safety in industry, the education of
crippled children, and mothers' pensions. The Budget sub-
mitted by the Governor completed a reduction in the State
tax rate from 36 31/72c for 1920 to 25c for 1930 and 1931.
This is the lowest State tax rate since 1912, and represents
a reduction during this ten-year period of practically thirty
per cent, which is without precedent in Maryland for any
year or period of years since the Civil War.

Secretary of State: DAVID C. WINEBRENNER 3D (Democrat),

Frederick, Maryland.

David C. Winebrenner 3d, the elder son of D. Charles and
Eleanor Nelson (Ritchie) Winebrenner, was born in Fred-
erick, Maryland, on June 16, 1897. He received his early