| Show ENDS T J J i FORMER SENATOR H CARTER OF MONTANA DIES SUDDENLY AT W washington A statesman was tho the T I 1 airet representative elected from t montana and had served two terms in the U S senate washington former united states senator thomas 11 carter a 0 f mon tana I 1 for years scars a notable arid and picturesque character in national politics once chairman ot of tile the republican na f lional committee arid and since last year chairman of 0 tho the american section of at the international commission died at his home here on sunday lie was 67 years old carter had been under the care 9 of f a phy physician s ic la n f for ox months m 0 n th a I 1 he ae was able to go about however and his ailment a filling of the lunga clotted blood did not become acute until about a week ago A mr air carter had a remarkable ca 4 reer it extended over twenty two years of 0 congressional and official on iclal life at bigton chis this embraced as th fars representative elected fram Aion tana two terms in t tho the senate arid and execl tave posit 4 tlona toris a s commissioner of the general office chairman of tha y republican national in the second and of 0 benjamin It arrison lson for the prest preal dency president of the board of unit of ivr MAN i THOMAS H CARTER ed states for the tha louisiana purchase exposition at st louis and since last march chairman of tho newly created I 1 international joint commission american section especially capr charged 4 ed with canadian boundary matters an ohioan by birth an lowan iowan by adoption and a montanan Alon long before that territory was admitted to stater state hood mr air carter jumped to the front almost from the outset of his work in congress perhaps tile tho roost most remarkable mar hable of all of his hia foi enste achievements was his defeat of a big river arid and harbor appropriation belh which lie he regarded as a political grab measure asuro during tho the mckinley McKin lcy administration president did not favor the bill and mr carter always a strong administration supporter began a speech against it at 10 04 at night and talked continuously until noon of the day following tho the session of congress expired As aa a lieutenant of senator ho republican leader of tho the senate for many years he bo also did notably work A ork |
