The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-18

First Representative Elected
From Montana; Twice Sent
to the U. S. Senate.
LONG SPEECH FAMOUS
Talked Rivers and Harbors
Bill to Death; Recently Cam
paigned for Reciprocity.

VAT AsHINGToN. Sept, l7.-For-
Tsam, %ss United c,-,ss States sf ussss, ss9,sos
for years a notable and pic
| turesque character in national politics,
once chairman of the Republican ma
tional convention and since last year
! chairman of the American section OF
the international commission, died at
his home early today Of infarction of
the lungs. He was 81 years old.
Mr., Carter had been under the care
of physician for months. He was
able to go about, however, and his ail-
ment, filling OF the lungs with c!ot-
ted blood, did not become acute until
about week ago. A Baltimore spe-
clalist was summoned last wednesday
and that time the attending physician
expressed confidence in the patient S
recc, cry. But the nalady became
worse and death resulted at 5 clock
this morning. Mrs, Carter and their
two sons. students at Georgetown uni
versity, were with him when he died.
The funeral services will be held here
Tuesday at ST. Paul's Roman Catholic
church. IntermeDt will be at Mount
Ollrct cemetery. tDlS cltNs
Mr.. Carter bad remarkable career:
II extended over twenty-five years OF
congressional and official life at Wash
ingtoh This embraced service as the
first representative elected from Montana.
two terms in the United States senate
and executive positions as commissioner
OF the general land office; chairman OF
the Republican national committee In the
Benjamin Harrison for the presidency;
president of the board OF United states
commissioners for the Louisiana pur-
last March chairman nf tie newly created
international Joint commission. .Ameri-
can section especially charged with
Canadian boundary matters.
An Ohioan by birth. an Iowau by adop-
ton and Montanan long before that ter
ritory was admitted TO statehood Mr.,
the outset OF his work In congress.
Talks Bill to Death.
Perhaps the most remarkable OF all
of his forensic achievements was his de-
tion bill which he regarded as polit!- |
cal grab" measure. during the Mckin-
ley administration.
President Mckinley did NOT favor the
bili. ard Mr. Carter, always q strong ad- |
rainistrotion supporter. began 3 speech |
against 1t at 1890 o'clock at night and |
talked continuously until noon of the day
when the> session or congress
expired As 81 lieutenant OF Senator AID
rich. the Republican leader of the senate
for many years. he also did notable work.
AT one time Mr. Carter was mentioned |
as q possible successor or Associate Jus
tice Moody OF the supreme court of the
United states and II wos saId President |
Taft had considered him for secretary of
the Interior TO succeed Richard \. Bal
liDger Among the men suggested as q
poEsibl" head Of the Republican national |
committee Of 1912 the former senator's
name had been mentioned.
HIs defeat by n Democrat for ro-elec-
ton to the senate caused Mr., Carriers
from that body March last
President Taft then named him a mem
her OF the international commission. He
framed and fought for conservation leg
jslation opposed extravaganza In irriSa-
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