In tendering my resignation I can not refrain from expressing to the Commission jointly, and to the members separately, my grateful appreciation of the unfailing confidence and cordial support with which I have been favored at all times by the members of the Commission, without exception. It is questionable whether any like body of men, selected from the country at large, has ever acted more harmoniously in the discharge of any public duty. With deep regret, and only from a sense of duty, I sever my relations with the Commission, and in doing so wish each of my associates on the Commission long life and prosperity. Respectfully submitted. THOS. H. 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.