The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-12-13
KNOCKS OUT NEW SPELLING.
THE MOI Sc DELIVERS a BODT
RLOH.
n Declares That All Documents Ordered
by onsres Must Conform 10 the SPELL
ing Used by Generally Accepted Die
tiOnarIes Of the English Language.

ing Used by Generally Accepted Dte-
tionarIes Of the English Language.
UAsHINGToN Dec. l2.-The House to-
asv temporarily disposed Of the matter
M simpllned spelling. BY a vote Of li2
40 % il adopted a Limitation upon the ex-
pepditure of the money covered by the
Legislative, Executive and Judicial APP
prooriation bill, declaring that none Of it
should be paid for salaries in connection
with the printing of documents authorized
nv law or ordered by Congress unless IN the
the spelling thereof the Public. Printer
followed the o~rthogrdphy recognized ana
established by generalIy accepted ulctloh-
aries OF the English language. Inc an
nouncement of the vote was received with
applause.
reported By the Committee on Approprla-
tions went out on a point OF order mace
nv Mr.. CrunpaCher Of Indiana, ana the
substitute adopted was prepared by the
committee. 1t Is. az stated, only rem
porary in character, and the Iolnihlttse
on Printing will probably deal with the
f. subject in the general printing phi, winch
IL is expected will lie reported at ms session.
There was a good laugh at the expense
Of the Committee on ppIoprstI'oI nea
IL became known that IN its substitute
amendment recognize was spelIeu WIN
an IS instead oE a 2.
THE commit tee is perfectly consistent
insisted Mr. Parsons OF Ne" urn IL
sticks TO the Old system all the way through
In the debate on Mr.. Cmmpacker's point
Of order Mr.. Sullivan OF Massachusetts, a
membe r of theC umitteeo on appropriations
supporting rhe committees action, SAID,
Il 90 NOT televe that the English IAN
image can he or ought to he changed ~
Congress!ora action or 10y Presidential
decree. II the President Of the United
States has authority 10y imperial ukase
to change the spelling of 80 words OF the
(. EnuiEh lanpnlgtA II lDlOXS that ne mas
authority 10 change 10000 words, or every
word in this language. The result may
be thai 2 new court language may he
established bv an executive decree Tor
the new American empire. Now what
would be the effect Of the point OF order
IL il is sustained by the Char tas l antlcl-
pate il will lie # II il pressed. IL VIII lie
that the Government printer, VINO desires
been appointed hy the President ana may
be removed by the President, VIII print
official documents as ordered ~ the Presl-
dent unless this measure offered by inc
i committee becomes the law. The result
will be that the language, so Tar as II APP
pears in official documents, will lie hanged
upon the initiative OF a single individual OF
the eighty million people IN the United
States, each one Of whom has just as much
right and lust as much power, If power he
measured 10y legal authority, to change the
language as has the President of the United
States
MT. OOCneI OF " lr1Oll-lll dNhNu II NAN HAN
vision did not give a great advantage TO
the publishers OF Wet ster's dictionary
Mr.. Sullivan replied that it did; and Mr..
Tawney, chairman Of the Committee on
Appropriations, said that an amendment
would be offered striking the name from
Mr., Hinshaw Of Nebraska asked if the
committee intended by It's action TO pro-
hibit the President from spelling as he
MT, Su~lliyan-It did not. Personally,
however. | should be glad to see the Presi-
dent made subject to some authority:
Mr.. Tawrey said that the object of the
COMMITTEES was threefold: TO secure uni
for nifty Of photography in public docu-
ments, to enforce economy IN the work
Of the Government printing offices ana TO
avoid confusion. .
confusion be svoIgsa by always printing
executive documents with the slmpllhed
spelling?
Mr.. ~Tawney-That would place the
Government in the ridiculous position OF
having one part of it's public documents
with one system Of spelling and another
part with another system. We must adopt
either ore system or the other, and the
committee favored the old system.
Mr.. Lacey Of Iowa said that the English
language was the language Of the law and
spelling was an essential part Of the
language. The new system offended the eye.
ItrecaIed the opinion Of A. Ward: Chawsr
wuz a crate poet, but he cudnt spell
Mr.. ~Crumpacker's point OF order was
sustained by Chairman Hepburn and after
\ considerable sparrings lover the particular
n form of substitute the following, proposed
by Mr.. Bingham Of Pennsylvania, repre-
sonting the Committee on Appropriations,
was agreed to by the vote of 142 to 25:
mo money appropriated in this act shall
Nv b used in connection with printing OF docu-
naents authorized by law, or ordered by
Congress or either branch thereof, unless
the same shall conform to the orthography
recognized and used by generally accepted
dictionaries of the English language" .
The House Committee on Printing, OF
which Representative c. 3. lands Is chair
M rnan, il working upon a plan TO knock out
and make Ineffective the Presidents ORDER
requiring the use of simplifed style OF SPELL
~ fng. It is pointed out that, even II the
amendment to the Legislative ~Appropria-
~ IN COMMITTEES Of the Whole to-day becomes
q law, It will not be operative until the
beginning of the fiscal year, July l, 1907
"a IL Is a limitation on the appropriation
OF the coming year and can have no effect
~ on printing during the current year. There.
fore, unless nothing else is done, the Qua
forms of spelling will prevail for the next
six months.
IA Il is the purpose Of the committee Ia
report TO the House a resolution, and ask
for it's immediate consideration, providing
that all documents, the printing OF wPlcf
IL authorized by law, shall conform II
~spelling to the rules Of the standard die
tfonaries Of the English language. Thii
will require that all executive documents
l including the Presidents messages, shall
be printed in the old style OF spelling:
Senator Platt, who is chairman OF tht
Senate Committee on Printing, is agreeable
M - .u,ch a resolution and will nress it in tn.