Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-12-13

Snag for Subsidy Bill.
Washington. Dec 13.-The house
committee on merchant marine failed
today to reach an agreement on the
ship subsidy bill Four republican
members of the committee expressed
themselves as opposed to reporting
any measure. A caucus of republican
members will be held tomorrow to
consider the question.
Accused of Helping Mormons.
Roosevelt was directly charged in
the senate today with using his influ-
ence for the election of republican
Mormon candidates in the recent cleo
tiOn in Idaho in Utah The charge
was made by Senator Dubois in the
course of a speech in which he dis
cussed the right of Reed Smoot to a
seat in the senate.
Control Complete.
Dubois asserted the control of the
church TO be complete in the hierarchy
consisting of the presidency and II
apostles. of which Smoot was one. This
control, he maintained. was eccleSiasti-
CAL. political. and commercial, and was
exercised completely over followers
who come principally from foreign
countries.
Taft spoke for Law and Order.
He continued the president had sent
Secretary Taft into Idaho to speak in
advocacy of law and order after he
DuBOis) had telegraphed the presi-
deEt the only issue in Idaho was the
desire of the Mormon hierarchy TO con-
tinue to dominate the politics of the
state and that the president had been
misled if he thought there was any
other issue
Platform Silent.
The republican state platform, he
said. was absolutely silent regarding
law and order and Notwithstanding the
democratic platform had denounced
the murder of Seunenberg and demand
ed the conviction of the guilty party.
none of the democratic speakers had
discussed any subject save that of
Mormonism, hence there was no other
issue in the Idaho campaign.
Convention is Ratified.
Washington. Dec. 13.-The senate in
executive session yesterday ratified the
general act by the delegates of the
which met at Algeciras, Spian in AprU
last, to draft a treaty concerning Mo
rOccan affairs. Opposition by demo |
Gratis compelled the adoption of reso-
luton disclaiming responsibility or
participation of the United States in |
the program arranged by the confer |
ence as to the future of Morocco.
Opposes New Spelling.
Washington, Dec. 13-The house of |
representatives yesterday went on rec
ord in opposition to the new spelling
as recommended by the president. By |
a vote of 142 to % the following was
adopted as a substitute to the item
reported by the appropriations COM
mittee in the legislative, executive, and
judicial appropriation bill:
NO money appropriated in this actl
shall be used in connection with print
ing documents 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"
Change would Mean Heavy Cost.
Mr.. Tawney remarked that if the
simplified spelling should go into ef-
feet it would necessitate the reprinting
of all the school books and dictionaries
to say nothing of the cost it would
put upon the government to make the
change
The great confusion resulting from
the governments double standard of
spelling has made it necessary for the
joint committee on printing to take i'm
mediate action, and Senator Platt and
Landis of the commit
tee are at work on a resolution de-
signed to straighten the tangle at once