CARTER.

The honorable LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION COMMISSION,
_Washington, D.C._

Mr. Carter also addressed a letter to the President of the United
States, tendering his resignation as a member of the Commission, which
reads as follows:

WASHINGTON, D.C., _March 9, 1905_.

SIR: My election to the Senate of the United States from the
State of Montana imposes upon me duties which render it quite
impracticable for me to devote the time and attention necessary
to a proper discharge of my duties as a member of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Commission. I therefore respectfully tender
you my resignation as a member of the Commission, and in doing
so I thank you sincerely for the cordial and unfailing support
and consideration you have always extended to me as a member of
that body.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THOS. H. CARTER.

The PRESIDENT,
_Washington, D.C._

Mr. John M. Thurston was thereupon unanimously elected to succeed Mr.
Carter as president of the Commission.

At this meeting Mr. John D. Waite, of Lewistown, Mont., recently
appointed by President Roosevelt as a member of the Commission to fill
the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Carter, appeared and took
his place on the Commission.

At the same meeting the secretary of the Exposition Company requested
the privilege of making a personal explanation with reference to the
disposition of the salvage.

From his statement it appears that he was not connected personally with
the transaction, which was conducted by a committee, of which the
president of the Exposition Company was chairman. The secretary did not
leave any written statement or explanation, but in general terms said
the exposition officials were entirely satisfied with the amount of
money received for the salvage; that it was more than they expected, and
that they thought the result of the sale was a subject for
congratulation.

Upon the suggestion of the Commission the secretary of the Exposition
Company on March 23 addressed a communication to the Commission on this
subject, of which the following is a copy:

MARCH 23, 1905.

DEAR SIR: By way of supplement to the letter forwarded to the
National Commission March 7, and in accordance with suggestion
made verbally by the Commission at the meeting Monday, March 20,
I submit this statement relevant to the tenth allegation on page