Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
The Metropolis Of Sewer

entirely please him, and that was one
I of the places IN which some OF tne un-
| married negro laborers at work on the
! canal are housed The sanitary ar
rangements were not what they ought
| TO be, the president thought, ana me
| instructed those in charge TO make an
| immediate change.
| The presidents message on the canal
| will be unique among the papers OF
| the chief executives OF the ulileu
1 States IN that it Will be Illustrated lie
is aiiAieus TO make the document as A.
luminn tins and instructive as possipie
and realizes that pictures VIII go u
long way toward helping the people
generally 10 understand the exact sta
tus Of affairs on the lsthmus. The pho
tographs which viii be reproduced IN
the message VIII not only make clear
the conditions of different parts OF the
work, but will show the president at
many OF the various points he visited,
so that his critics can have no possible
ground for asser ing that his inyesuga-
ton was not thorough.
PORTO RICAN CITIZENSHIP.
Senator Foraker of Ohio already has
n bill before Congress providing that
Porto Ricans be made citizens OF inc
United States, and the presidents spe-
cial message on that subject VIII nat
urally give the measure considerable
impetus Indifference rather than any
real opposition to the plan seems TO
have been responsible for the failure OF
Congress to act IN the premises before
this The president believes that the
comforting of American citizenship on
the Porto Ricans IS 4 matter OF SIM
ple Justice which should be attended 10
at once and as his supporters In both
houses Of Congress win continue TO
push the proposed legislation vigorous
ly the general opinion Is that II has
good chance OF getting through before
the end of the short session.
SPELLING LEGISLATION.
The question of simplihel spelling
is bound TO cause lot OF discussion
during this session OF Congress. The
subcommittee OF the house COMMITTEES
ON appropriations, which Is now engas-
ed IN gettin gthe legislative executive
and judicial appropriation bill In shape,
has already tackled the subject nut
has made little progress, The incllna-
ton OF a majority OF the Subcommittee
Is to insert In the first bill reported to
the house 4 paragraph providing that
the old style Of spelling shall be used
in all con gressional and judicial docu-
ments. They do not think II Hes with
in their province to attempt to dictate
10 the president as TO what form SHAH
be observed by the executive depart'
ment. The appropriation bill Itself VIII
contain both methods OF spelling. The
new form win be used first ln each
case. and the word spelled according To
that form win be followed by the same
word In parentheses spelled as usual,
A point which the sub committee dis
cussions have brought out Is that the
simplined smelling board, which was !
largely responsible Tor the adoption os
the new orthSgraphy contains FIVE
members who are either publishers OF
are connected with the publishing bust
ness IN some way.
All these men would benefit financially
II 1t were found necessary TO republish
all the dictionaries. cyclopedias. school,
books etc. IN the country. and II me
new style spelirG were 10 be generally
adopted by the government such re-
publication would he almost inevitable
In time. That is one OF the arguments
now being made In support OF the Ola
style.
RIVER AND HARBOR CONGRESS.
The meeting OF the organization
known as the rivers and harbors con-
gress commenced In Washington today
and will not be concluded until to-
morrow. Delegates are here from all
parts of the country, some of the states
most interested In waterways improve
ment having sent large numbers Of
representatives. The object of the con-
gress primarily Is to create a senti-
ment which shall induce the United
States Congress to make regular APP
preparation of s50,0000O0 for the dredg-
Ing of rivers and harbors In the inter-
ests OF commerce The present method
of making appropriations is declared to
be unsatisfactory.