The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-10-13


party to represent Howard county Id
he Maryland Senate. He served in
that body until 1867 and won an en-
yiabIe reputation as an intellIgebl
business member. The passage OF
the charter of the Baltimore and Po"
tomac railroad was largely due to MS
advocacy and vote, also was the char
ter for the State Agricultural AS
ISOLATION, by means of which it ac-
uured its fine grounds at Pimllco.
At the expiration of his term IN the
Senate he abandoned politics ana
devoted his attention to private busi-
ness, In 1877 he removed to the es-
tate known as "The Meadows" In
the First district of Baltimore coun-
ty, and devoted himself to the i'm
provement and supervision of his
splendid collection of horses. In
1882 he was nominated for Congress
+ by the Republicans of the Fifth Con
gressional district and was elected,
receiving 1886 majority oyer Mr..
Char man, his Democratic opponent.
At this time when the Governor
should be a man of special business
qualifications, of great sympathies
with the people, and Of acknowledge
ed financial ability, in all of which
particulars he shows himself the great
superior of his rival, Mr.. Holton may
be considered as good type of the
right man just in the right place, and
in the nick of time.
Frank H. Stockett was born in
Anne Arundel county in 1921, and
came of the old Maryland Stockett
family, which settled in Annapolis
in 1868. He was educated at st.
Johns College and graduated in 1910
in the same class with Judge Richard
GrasOn, Hon. Daniel NJ. Henry and
Gen. Luther Giddings, Mr.. Stockett
studied law with Thomas S. Alexan-
der, and is now member of the An
napOlis bar. Last fall he was the
candidate for chief judge of the An
napolis circuit against Judge Oliver
Miller. and came within few hun
dred votes of election. Mr.. StOckett
enjoys high reputation as a clear
headed and profound lawyer. He has
practiced extensively in recent years
before the Court of Appeals of Mary
land, where hehas evinced great abili-
ty in the trial of causes. There are few
lawyers in theState betterQualified for
the important office of AttorneyGen-
eraI of the State. He is a man of I'M
blemished private character, and &C.
cupies high social position at An
napOlis.
Col. James Clayland Mullikin was
born at Trappe, Talbot county, in
1871. He is of an old Talbot family,
which came from Ireland in 1868 and
settled in that county. He spent his
boyhood and youth in Baltimore
city, where he was graduated from
the Baltimore City College in 1858.
He then engaged in teaching in Balti-
more county, and earned the reputa-
ton Of being a thorough instructor
in the English branches and the
classics. He subsequently returned
20 his native county, where he re-
sumed his profession as pedagogue.
When the war broke out he assisted
IN raising a company, and of which
he was commissioned second lieuten-
ant. In 1862 he was promoted to the
first lieutenancy, and in the spring of
the following year he was appointed
aide.de-camp on General Lock woods
staff. Lieutenant Mullikin was in
the battle of Gettysburg, where his
horse was shot and killed from under
him. He was also with Grant in his
great campaign in Virginia which
terminated the rebellion. When the
Eleventh Maryland Volunteers were
organized he was commissioned as a
Northumberland, and he continued
with this command until the close of
the war. He then returned to his
old occupation as a school teacher. In
1879 he was a candidate for clerk of
the Circuit Court of Talbot county,
Md. In 1880 he was a Presidential
elector for the State. large on the
Garfield and Arthur ticket, and in
1882 was Republican candidate for
Congress from the Eastern Shore dis
trict. His opponent was the Hon.
George w. Covington, the present
member of Congress from that dis.
trict. In this contest he made many
able and effective speeches and devel-
optd great personal popularity, great
ly reducing the Democratic majority.
He was admitted to the bar in 1880
and has since practiced his profession
and has acquired a good reputation
in it, He has also an excellent rep.
utation as business man, which, in