The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1906-12-20

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spelling received a final ouietn,
the House. The subject has l.!
under more or less continuous d;aaa
sion IN the House and in commit
ever since the converting Of the n'
ent session OF Congress, but i TsS
brought to a sudden termination ~
the adoption of a resolution fsvor;S
the return to the old standard Of :
biography, just before the Housa w.
journed. 1t was understood that tE
action had been taken as the ,,sns
Of an interview with the Preside.
IN which he had said that If IL,
House should go On record as a,a;n.
the new system be would abandon HI
effort IN that direction. The Hons,
was prompt IN meeting this co9dit;o,
and the resolution was adopted bv
unanimous vote. II
The Resolution Adopted,
Representative Lands. Of the io;,.
committee on spelling, had a confer,
nee with the President when fl.
President said that he did not wiS5
to have spelling overshadow matters
Of great Importance. and expressed !,
willingness to revoke his order for fl.
new spelling in ease the House Of
Representatives should go on record
as opposed to the system. Accordinp.
ly late In the afternoon Mr.. Lands
introduced the following resolution in
the House:
Resolved, That it is the sense Of
the House Of Representatives that
hereafter IN printing reports, doca,
ments, or other publications author.
lied by law, or by Congress or either
branch thereof, or emanating from
the executive departments. their bp.
reau or branches, and independent
offices of the government, the Govern
ment Printing Office should observe
and adhere to the standard Of orthos-
raphy prescribed in generally accept
ed dictionaries Of the English Ian.
guage."
The measure was passed without a
dissenting vote, although Mr.. GiIlett,
of Massachusetts, who made a fight
for simplifed spelling before the
House committee on appropriations
and has been regarded as the cham
piOn Of the President attitude, e1-
hat he did not wish to give
the impression that he had changed
his mind. Mr.. Gillett said that he
saw the House was overwhelmingly
the innovation and cOnse-
luently he bowed to its will.
The system Of reform spelling was
put into effect by the President dur
ng the recess of Congress and all
documents supplied to the ez-
'cutive departments have been printed
n the simplifed way. The committee
N printing in its favorable report on
he Lands resolution stated that the
committee had been governed by the
following considerations:
"In the various reprints Of the con-
titution Of the United States adher-
nee to the original spelling is found
n the majority of cases. The spell
ng in the original statutes reflects
he forms Of spelling in vogue at the
lme Of their enactment. The varl0ilS
Of the statutes reflect the
pelling in vogue at the time OF the
doptiOn of such a condition. The
lst ~codifcation adopted was III 1919
he subsequent statutes now number
. volumes, covering a period OF %
ears. Each volume reflects the spell
lg In vogue at the time Of the enact
tent of the statutes embraced there
GA new codifcation is about to be
resented to Congress. Until Congress
lall see fit to order the printing OF
lis proposed codiication of the sta.
les, embracing all the enactments o.
lie law-making power of the gov
now In force, in some forn
spelling other than that general?
:eepted by the people, it would aP-
ar to be the part of wisdom for tue
,vernment in all its branches, III the
terest of simplicity and economy:
adhere to a uniform system Oh
and this system should De
e one already most generally recog-
zed and accepted by the people.
eff Congress shall adhere to the
of spelling already III vogue as
to the statutes, it would aP-
anomalous to employ some other
rm as applied to all of the prellmln-
y stages of legislation, including
proceedings of Congress, up 10
e point where these proceedings are
ystalized into law, and at this po!l'
der a change in the photography
the original statutes.