The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-09-18
AC TIVE CAREER
COMES TO CLOSE
Former United States Senator
Thomas Henry Carter Dead
in Washington.
WAS A NOTABLE FIGURE
Had Taken Active Part in Ma
tional Politics for Many
Years.

Washington, September I7.-Former
United States Senator Thomas Henry
Carter. OF Montana, for many years a
notable and picturesque ngure in ma
tional politics, member of the RepublI-
can National Committee, and since last
March chairman of the American sec
ton of the international joint COM
mittee died at his home early to-day OF
infection of the lungs. He was nifty
seven years old
MIR. Carter had been under the care
of physician Tor months. He was
able to go about, however, and his
ailnent, filling OF the lungs with
clotted blood. did not become acute
until week ago. A Baltimore spe-
clalist was summoned last Wednesday,
and at that time the attending ply
sician expressed confidence in the
patients recovery. But the malady
became worse. and death resulted at 3
o'clock this morning. Mrs. Carter and
their sons students at Georgetown
University, were with him when nc
died.
The funeral service will be held at
st. Pauls Roman Catholic Church, il
this city, at 10 a. NJ. Tuesday. The
iHtt1 HtHt VIII De dt OllVet
Cemetery In this city.
MT. Carter had a remarkable career.
1t extended over twenty-five years OF
congressional and official life at wash
inGton. This embraced service as the
first Representative elected from Mon
tana, two terms in the United State,
Senate and Commissioner of the Gen.
eral Land Office, chairman of the Ma
tional Republican Committee in the
second and unsuccessful campaign o.
Benjamin Harrison for the presidency;
president of the Board of United states
Commissioners for the Louisiana Pur.
chase Exposition at ST. Louis, and
since last March. chairman of the new
ly created international Joint Com
mittee. American Section" especially
charged with consideration of boun-
dairy matters.
An Ohioan by birth. an Iowan by
adoption. and a Montanan long before
that Territory was admitted to State
hood. Mr.. Carter jumped to the front
almost from the outset of his work in
Congress.
Perhaps the most remarkable Of all
his forensic achievements was his de-
feat of big river and harbor appro.
priation BILL which he regarded as a
political grab" measure, during the
Mckinley administration.
President Mckinley did not favor
the bill. and Mr.. Carter, always a
strong administration supporter, be
gan speech against 1t at 1890 O'Clock
at night and talked continuously until
noon the day following which the SEES
sion of Congress expired. AS lieu.
tenant of Senator Aldrich. the Repub.
lican leader of the Senate for many
years, he did notable work. At one time
Mr. Carter was mentioned as a posi-
BILE successor of Associate Justice
Moody. of the Supreme Court of the
United States, and 1t was said Prest-
dent Taft had considered him for Sec
rotary of the Interior to succeed Rich
ard A. Ballinger.
President Taft named him mem
Der of the international Commission
last March. He framed and fought for
conservation legislation, opposed ex-
travagance in irrigation projects, and
campaigned for the Taft Canadian
reciprocity bill.
The honorary pail bearers Will he
Chief Justice White and Associate
Justice McKenna, OF the United States
supreme Court: James a. Tawney and
Frank S. Streeter, members OF the
Joint high commission; Senators
Brandagee. Penrose and Crane; for
n.er Senator William E. Chandler. of
New Hampshire; Hannis Taylor. of
Washington. and Attorney General 4.
9. Galen. of Montana, who is now in
the East.