Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-10-02


 in Washington, including some of the cabinet officers. The Cuban situation seemed to be uppermost in the minds of all the officials, particularly in the state, war and navy departments and among the members of the diplomatic corps according to the former na- tionar legislator, but in the routine of their work the government officials did not always manage to smother m oath when they ran across the use of the shortened words.
 "The chief of a bureau in the in- terior department showed me num- Der of letters that were being sent out, every word spelled in the good old-fashioned way" said Mr Patter- son. "He declared he would not make himself ridiculous by adopting the new system. Even the matter for off, cial documents, such as annual re- ports, was being prepared in the regu- lar way, although when they ap- peared in print the new spelling was found. This was because each de- pertinent has printing office for its own convenience. which is directly under the supervision of the public printer. who was the official that re- ceiver the original 'simplified spelling order from the president"
 Even the president, himself, is not following the system faithfully, MT Patterson declared. saying he saw correspondence from Oyster Bay, dated within week. containing sev- eral words that have been ''simplied'' but spelled as Webster would do 1t. Some of these letters were signed by the presidents private secretary, MT Loeb, while number bore the chief executives own signature he said. "I also saw letters that had been written by division of bureau chiefs, being inclosed with the secretary's correspondence. directed to the presi- dent and the new spelling entirely ignored. This was not in the inter- for department however,"
 Mir Patterson quoted an assistant secretary in the treasury department as declaring that the adoption of the new spelling in the departments at Washington, alone, would cost the government thousands of dollars. This official cited that correspondence an other work is ground out by expert stenographers in short order. and, although they might memorize the new spelling. they would be sure to overlook a word in a rush. The error might escape detection, but if not. the work would have to he done over, as corrections on typewriter copy, par ticularly letters, would In most cases be impossible. For instance, the word ''past" would not fit in grace fully where passed" first had been written. All work would have to be done more slowly, according to this official" said Mir Patterson, land much time would be consumed in making corrections all down the lines."
 The order, Mir Patterson stated. Is being ignored by all the cabinet of ficials. lt wns never issued to them and consequently they are not follow ing it. Of course matters from their offices that Is put into print will be made up-to-date in spelling by the printers. but clash is imminent at any time. for such man as Secretary Root. for instance. is apt to demand to demand to see the work in print just as he prepared 1t. Such men as are required for the cabinet are not apt to learn a new system of spelling and 1t Is certain that they will not permit tnmpering with their personal correspondence.
 sIr Patterson stated that a navy de partment official informed him that 1t Is doubtful if there Is man fin the cabinet more particular than Secre- tary Bonaparte. and he is exceedingly particular about his personal corre- spondence. It has been well known in the navy department that any let ter from the secretary's office bear ing his signature. must be written precisely as he dictated It Most of ficials humble a few words to the sfenographer about a subject. and the stenographer does the rest: but not so with the secretary of the navy.
 "One day I saw a large batch of letters. all pertaining to business of the office and ready to he signed by Mir Bonaparte personally" said Mir Patterson. "Some were to senators and congressman about naval acad- euy appointments. the construction of vessels. etc. others were to armor plate makers. shipbuilders and con tractors. while q number were to the president. These letters had not been dictated. br. had been copied from manuscript. the secretary having written them out in his characteristic iongband at his home ia Baltimore the night previous and brought the copy down with him that morning. The worS had been sent to the bu- reaus. to the business of which the letters pertained. were copied and sent in for signature. I vas assured that the secretary was a most schoi- arIy man and no one dared tamper with of hfsFrench brother foreign phrases. If copy was not followed faithfully as to spelling. czpifalixa- tion. puncfuafion and parsersphinx. if was sent hack to be rewritten and the requess for the correct copy vas of such a nature that the stenozr7pber ruilty of the eTror e not apt to of- fend c se~ond time"
 Wr Pstter.ou stated that . number of leading of1cials he'd written to the president protesting sEzfnsf tbe new system of spelling pointing out tne lshor and expe1se t is sure to incuf. srd if se<uei fo b< the beIief fn the inner rfrvses that tie prest8ent renE fnrs if vns an unfoFtu1nfe steB nn1 he VII us1uEu boek oegn es Uneo'