The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-12-21
NEW SPELLING
GIVEN A JOLT
By Members of the National House
Of Representatives.
ACTION MOST DECISIVE
By Vote Of t42 TO Is President Roose-
velt's Pet Hobby is Barred From
Official Documents.

A washington special says: The
house of representatives Wednesday
went on record in opposition to the
new spelling as recommended by the
president BY a ovte Of 142 to rs the
following was adopted as a substi.
tute to the item reported by the ap.
preparations committee on the leg.
islative, executive judicial appropri-
alton bill
mo money appropriated in this act
shall be used in connection with prin-
ting documents authorized by law or
ordered by congress or either branch
thereof unless the same shall con-
form to the photography recognized
and used generally in accepted die
tionaries Of the English language"
For hours during the session the
debate on simplifed spelling held the
attention of the house ard a score or
more members took part in the dis
cussion.
Representative Crumpacker of Indi-
ana, made point Of order against the
original paragraph in the bill which
provided that public documents
should be spelled as Webster's or 9th
er generally accepted dictionaries
spells them.
Representative Bingham of Penn
sylvania, in charge of the bill, then
offered the amendment. which was
adopted.
During the discussion Mr.. Sullivan
of Massachusetts remarked that if the
president, by imperial ulIase," could
change the spelling Of 900 words Of
the English language he would have
the authority to change 10000 words,
or every word in our language.
If this could be done, he thought
a new court language might be es-
tablished by executive decree for the
American empire
owe got along very we'll with the
English language until the reign Of
the present president of the United
States" said Mr.. Sullivan
Mr.. Crumpacker Of Indiana said the
house was not responsible for an order
of the executive on the question Of
simplifed spelling. He was of the
opinion that legislation would retard
progress and reform in. spelling.
Mr.. Lacey of Iowa asked Mr.. Crum-
paciAcr if the thought the public prin-
ter would have the discretion to spell
the word 'CrumpacIrT" with a 81"
and Mr.. Crumpacller replied that he
thought he would
Representative Grosvenor of Ohio
wanted to know what existing law the
paragraph changed, and insisted that
there was no law as TO spelling ex-
cept as to the commonly accepted
way.
While Mr.. Grosyenor was discuss
Ing the amendment, Mr. Towne of New
York asked him whether the item re-
fetred to was not "on page %, be-
ginning with the line 23?"
Yes, I believe so" replied Mr..
Grosvenor
Then. is that not double skldoo,
and if so. does It not of necessity go
out?"
"oh, that's an old story" replied
Mr.. Grosvenor, amid laughter
The great confusion resulting from
the governments double standard of
spelling has made it necessary for the
joint committee on printing to take
imn,edite action, and Senator Plat
and Representative Lands Of the com
nittee are at work IN a resolution
designed to strengthen the tangle at
once. Even If the house and senate
both pass the legislative bill, with
a clause declaring for oid-fasbioned
spelling, the measure will not become
effective until the beginning of the
new year and meantime there would
be no well defined policy as to spell
ing.