The Lamar register., 1906-12-19
SPELLING ORDER
WILL BE WITHDRAWN BY PREs,.
DENT ROOSEVELT.
NOT FAVORED BY CONGRESS
House Resolves to Adhere to Old
Style Of speIiins.-chanus Would
Make No End of Cost and Trouble.

Washington. - President Roosevelt
will withdraw his simpllfied spelling
order to the public printer and here
after all documents from the Exccu-
tive Departments will again be printed
in the old-fashioned style.
Representative Lands of the joint
committee on spelling had q confer
ence Thursday with the President,
when the President said that he did
not wish to have spelling ovcrshadow
matters of great importance, and ex-
pressed willingness to revoke MS
order for the new spelling In case
the House should so on record as OPP
posed to the system.
Mr.. Lands introduced the following
resolution in the House:
Resolved. That 1t is the sense OF
he House of Representatives that
hereafter that in presenting reports,
documents or other publications au'
horized by laws. ordered by Congress
or either branch thereof. or emanat-
ng from tho Executive DEPARTING nts.
their bureaus or branches. and indie
pendent officers of the government.
ne government printing once should
observe and adhere to the standard
Of photography prescribed in generally
accepted dictionaries of the English
language"
The measure was passed without a
dissenting voice, although Mr.. Gillett
4 Massachusetts,, who made a fight
or simplified spelling before the
House committee on appropriations
md has been regarded as the cham
ion of the Presidents attitude. ex-
blamed that he did not wish to give
he impression that he had changed
his mind.
Reformed spelling was put into ef-
feet by the President during the re-
ess OF Congress and all public doc.
uments supplied to the Executive De.
partments have been printed in the
s'mplified way. These documents
have been pouring in on Congress
ever since. and the report on the Ian.
I dis proposition stated that the com
mittee had been governed by the fol
lowing considerations:
1.-The executive order. under which
many public documents have already
zen printed, has been in force more
than three months. Without taking is
sue as to the relative merits of any
form of spelling It is evident that the
public sentiment has not been favor
able to the innovation.
ut is not believed that the atti
tude of the general public would be
materially changed II the government
| in all its branches were to adopt the
spelling prescribed In the executive
order referred to. and only confusion
and expense would result. without any
commensurate advantage even " the
new form of spelling were deemed
preferable. Moreover. Congress has nc
| assurance that the next administration
would not revoke the present order
"Much of the matter embraced In
| he publications. of the government if
preserved in electrotyped plates repre-
ssntIng large values to the govern
ment IN the saving of labor and other
expenses. All of these plates would
be rendered worthless in momen: by
| an order N a succeeding administra
ton revcking the Executive order Of
August 27th last.
I'm tho opinion OF the committee
| any departure from the recognized
standards of photography cannot with
safety. satisfaction or economy be
i taken, until Congress and the execu
tive shall agree upon the adoption Of
photographic methods