Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-12-17
FOUR NEW MEMBERS
Changes in Senate District
Committee.
THREE ARE DEMOCRATS
Only One of Them Not in His First
Term.
CARTER EXPRESSES HIMSELF
Declares He's in Favor of Making
Washington the Finest Capital
in the World
CARTER EXPRESSES HIMSELF

81 am in favor of making Washington
| the finest capital in the world
This remark was made to a representa-
tive of The Star this afternoon by Senator
Carter of Montana, the new republican
| member of the committee on the District
of Columbia. whose assignment to the
committee was announced today.
II am profoundly interested in public
school affairs here continued Mr.. Car
ter. land regard as deplorable the inces-
| SAINT troubles in the system
When asked for his opinion on the
Union station trackage bill, Senator Car
| ter said he preferred not to be quoted
at this time on fhe question.
| Senator Newlands. one of the new
| democratic members of the committee, is
also deeply interested In the local schools.
He has indicated his intention to intro
duce at this session a measure looking
| toward a further development of the in
! dustrial education system of the coored
schools of the city. Senator NeWlands is
a strong advocate of Industrial training
| for the colored youth and would like to
see the District of Columbia a model in
this respect.
! Mr.. Carriers Career.
The new republican member of the Dis
trict committee. Thomas henry Carter of
Helena. Mont. was born in Scioto county,
Ohio, October 30, 1854. He received COM
mon school education in Illinois and for a
number of years engaged in farming rail-
reading and school teaching. and later
| studied law and was admitted to the bar
In 1882 he was living in Burlington Iowa,
| from which place he moved in that year
| to Helena. He was a deles tie from the
| fprr;tnry nj
Congress. and was the new states first
representative in Congress
| Senator Carter became very familiar
with local affairs during his term as com
missioner of the general land office from
March. 1891, until July. 1892 He was
elected chairman of the republican nation
al committee in 1890. He was a delegate
| from Montana to the national rapubI,oor
| conventions of 1885, 1900 and 1904 T-
In January, 1880, that he was first elected
to the United States Senate by the Mon
| tana Legislature, this term expiring March
| 3, 1901. President Mckinley appointed him
! a member of the board of commissioners
OF the Louisiana purchase exposition and
| he was chosen president of the board He
was again elected to the Senate in Janu-
airy, 1865. and his present term will not
| expire until March 8, 1911.
Interested in Local Affairs,
| Senator Francis G. Newlands. the only
| one of the three new democratic members
| of the committee who is not serving his
| first year in the Senate, has been in
terested in local affairs ever since he first
came to the House OF Representatives
| from Nevada for the Fifty-third Con-
gress. He served in the Fifty-third Fifty
fourth. F'ifty-fifth, Fifty-sixth and Fifty
|
| House, and during that time was a men,
| Der of the committees on irrigation for
| eign affairs. banking and currency and
ways and means. He was elected to the
| Senate to succeed John P. Jones' repub-
lican, for the term beginning March 4,
| 1903, and ending March 3. 1909.
Two Southern Members
Senator Thomas H. Paynter of Ken
lucky became a United States senator
| March of this year He was born in
Lewis county, Kentucky, in 1851, and re-
| ceived his early education AID studied law
in his native state. Since his admission
| to the bar in 1872 he has practiced his
profession. He was attorney for Greenup
| county from 1876 to 1875 by appointment
and from 1878 10 1SS2 by election of the
| people. He was elected to the Fffty-first
| FYfty-second and Fifty-third Congresses s
| a member of the House, and as judge of
| the Kentucky court of appeals in 1894 for
an eight-year term resigning his position
in Congress to accept the judgeship. He
was reelected to the court of appeals and
| resigned in August of last year.
Joseph Forney Johnston, one of the
new senators of Alabama, who has been
assigned to the District committee is a
native of North Carolina. where he was
born in 1913 He Joined the Confederate
| army as a private in 1851, served
| throughout the war and was wounded
| several times, rising to the rank of
| captain. He was elected, Governor of
| Alabama in 1876. while he was making
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