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Show Ex-SenatorCarterDead & i Brilliant Career Ended So BBBBHMtBirsgBy . -. 'isa HSBBftwjf'lMJi'HwB WmfniM.jrrS SS. JmbsV SIM ' 3bIBSBS l First Representative Elected From Montana, Twice Sent to the U. S. Senate. LONG SPEECH FAMOUS Talked Rivers and Harbors Bill to Death, Recently Campaigned Cam-paigned for Reciprocity. x i 7 Asm.M.TOX. Sept, 17. -For-"lor Pfnited States Senator Yf Thomas H carter of Montana, for years a notable and pie-tureaqiie pie-tureaqiie character in national politics, once chairman of tlie Republican national na-tional convention and since last year chairman of the American section ol Ihe international commission, died at his borne early today of infarction of the luncrs lie was o7 years old. Mr. farter had 1-een under the rare of a physician for months. He was able to po about, however, and hi? ailment, ail-ment, a filling of r he lungs with clotted" clot-ted" blood, did not become acute until about a week ago. A Baltimore specialist spe-cialist was summoned last Wednesaay and that time the attending physician expressed confidence m the patient's recovery. But the malady became worse and death resulted at ? o'clock this morning. Mrs Carter and their two sons, students at Georgetown university, uni-versity, were with him when he died. The funeral services will be held here Tuesday at St. Paul's Roman Catholic church' Interment will bo at Mount Olivet cemetery, this cil v Mr. Carter had a -remarkable career. It extended over twenty-tWO years of congressional and offl lal life al Washington. Wash-ington. This embrai - d service as tbe fust representative ide- ted from Montana, two terms In the United states senate and exeeutive positions as commissioner of the general land offfce; chairman of the Republican national committee in the second and unsuccessful campaign of Benjamin Harrison for the presidency; president if the board of United Suit, s commissioners for the Louisiana Purchase Pur-chase exposition at St. I. cms. and since last March chairman nf the newly created "International Joint commission. American Ameri-can section." especially charged with Canadian boundary matters. An Ohloan by birth, an lowan bj adoption adop-tion and a Mont a nan long before that territory ter-ritory was admitted to statehood; Mr. Carter .lumped to the front almost from the outset of Ids work In congress. Talks Bill to Death, Perhaps the mos1 remarkable of an of his forensic achievements: was h!s defeat de-feat of a Mir river and harbor appropriation appropria-tion bin. which he regarded as a poiit!-ai poiit!-ai "frraii" measure, during the M--Kln-ley administration. President McKlnley did not favor the bill, and Mr Carter always n strong administration ad-ministration supporter, began a speech agalnat It nt 10;3.0 o'clock e.t night and talked continuously until noon of the d;'.v following, when the session of congress expired As a Ilrntnanr of s-eiia ro.- Aid-rlch, Aid-rlch, the Republican '',ider of thr- senat many years, he also did notable work. At one time Mr Carter was mentioned as a possible s'.i issor of Aaoelate .lus- tioe Moody ef the supreme court of the United states and it was said President T.nft had considered him for secretary of the Interior to succeed Richard A. Bal-iln?er. Bal-iln?er. Among the men suggested as a possible head of th-- Republican national committee of the former senator's name had been mentioned. His defeat by ;i Democrat for re-election io the senate caused Mr. Carter's retirement from lliul body March -1 last. Presideni Taft then named him a member mem-ber Of the international commission lie framed tuui fought for conservation legislation, leg-islation, opposed extravagance In irriga- Contlnued on Page Three.) CARTER OF MONTANA DIES IN WASHINGTOK Lungs Fill With Clotted Blood; Specialists Unable to Give Relief. (Continued from Page One ) Uon project and campaigned for the Tafl ! i.'.-madlan reciprocity bill The nonorarj palfbearera win be ciiii-r Justice Whit.- an. j associate Justice Mc-Kcnna Mc-Kcnna of th- Dnlted States supreme 'ourt; James .. Tawhey and Prank s Streeter, members ol the lolnl high ,r,n'- loission. Si-n-itors Hr-andeRoe I'r-nrosoand Crane former Senator William E. Chand-her Chand-her of New Hampshire: Hannla Tayloi of nnshlugton ami Attorney sncral A. .1 Galon Of Montana, who Is now In tinea tin-ea B t . Death Causes Shock. HELENA, Monl.. Sept. 17. The an-nounccmenl an-nounccmenl of the BUdden death of former for-mer senator t. ii Carter at Washington today created profound sensation throughout tho state r Montana, as It was not generally known that he was not in the best of henllh. When he was in Helena la.-u inly, however, lie confided con-fided to a t'.'w close friends that Ws heart was bothering him and ihal he had been imp lied to discontinue smoking. PVfr over twenty e:irs Senator Carter was practically the undisputed leader of the Republican party m Montana and his word wax weighty, no! onl3 at home, but in the national councils or the part v. He wijs born in Scioto county, Ohio. October Oc-tober '',(. 1854, and his career vas typical of that of man-.- westerners in that he en- Lged In various lines of work before flnall) citiini: down to his profession After farming, railroading an.i school teaching for a number of years, he studied law and was admitted to the bar, and In 1SS2 he came to Helena, whore as a young lawyer be took an active part In political affairs'. After holding minor of fi i es, be was nominated in isvs as a .-andidate foi delegate iii congress, at a time when the then Republican leaders looked upon the nomination a5 Inevitable defeat. His opponent was W. A. Clark, (with whom he l:iter servd in the senate, i farter was elected, and from that time j took his place us leader Of Montana Republicanism, Re-publicanism, a place which, despite the reverses of his political fortunes, he held until the time of bis death. First Representative. The last territorial delegate from Mon-I Mon-I tana, Mr, Carter was also the first representative rep-resentative in congress after the territory was admitted to statehood. President Harrison selected Mr. Carter as commissioner commis-sioner of the general land office in 1891, and in the campaign of 1892 he was. at the president's request made chairman I of the Republican national committee. He :,s elected i nlteri States senator in 1895, serving until 1901. when he failed I of re-election, the legislature being Democratic Dem-ocratic He was chairman of the board of commissioners of the Louisiana Pur- I chasi exposition, and In 190E was again elected t. the senate, serving until Man h ' 1. this year. Inning the campaign of I last fall Senator Carter was a candidate for re-election, but n legislature Democratic Demo-cratic by a margin of four votes, was chosen after an exceptionally hitter campaign. cam-paign. Following his retirement from the senate Mr. Carter was chosen as a member mem-ber of the International boundary commission, com-mission, "f wbich he was made chairman. Alt-, ady plans' were on foot In Montana 'for the re-election of Mr Carter to the senate, hia followers having planned to I elect him to succeed Senator Joseph M , Dixon, whose terra expires in im".. Lines wen being drawn for the contest in the next Republican stale convention and Mr. Carter's sodden death comes as a Bevere blow to the regular wing of the party In this state. Senator Carter was regarded by mem-; mem-; hers Of all parties as one of the ablest men in the west and wan a public speaker I Of national fame. As a raconteur, he had I few - quals "The news of the death of Senator 'Thomas H. Cartel pomes to the people i of Montana like a thunderbolt from a I Clear Sky." said acting Governor W H. Allen tanleht "When last In the Btate, I only a few weeks ago, he was apparently appar-ently in the best of health. "The death Of Senator Carter is an Irreparable ios-: to Montana and a distinctive dis-tinctive loss, in the nation An Indefatigable Indefati-gable worker, a thorough student, an eloquent and logical orator, a lawyer of extraordinary ability, full of human kindness kind-ness and sympathy, broad and liberal minded, companionable tq a great decree, de-cree, all served to constitute him a h ader of men Whether in the councils ..f his party, tare of the ntate ruid welfare wel-fare of Its p'-ople or the complex afairs of the nation, he contributed liberally from his extensive experience and broad range ol knowledge. "He was a constructive statcjiman laying foundations deep and well. COli- Bervatlvoly, consistently and ablv advancing ad-vancing legislation of th- highest order. The postal savings bank law alofu will place Senator Cartera name on the, bctoII ,,f fame. His deep and abiding Interest in the reclamation of the arid lands has b.-en of incalculable value to the west. The projects now under waj and those nplelcd will Btand as lasting monument monu-ment to his fidelity. Being a self-made man. his life should stand as an example ex-ample t,i the voung men Of this country of what can be accomplished under our American Institutions " |
