The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1906-12-28

provision in favor OF anowing' the old
form Of spelling to be used in the print
Ing of all congressional reports and pa
pers, and when the bill came before the
house there was a free for al discus.
sion Of President Roosevelt and the
simplitied spelling. The new style was
defended by Gillett Of Massachusetts.
Livingston Of Georgia said that the
adoption of the 300 new forms would
cause an enormous expenditure and
confusion worse confounded." Champ
Clark said the people were going to
have president some time who would
attend to his own business and that no
man could sit as "chief eXecutioner Of
the English language"
On motion of Chairman Lands Of the
house committee on printing resolu-
tion was adopted without dissenting
voice saying it was the sense Of the
house that hereafter in the printing Of
house documents or other publications;
used by law or ordered by congress or
either branch thereof or emanatfng
from any executive department or bu-
printer should observe and adhere to
the standard of photography prescribed
in generally accepted dictionaries Of
the English language
Prior to this the president had as
kured Mr.. Landis that he would issue
new order to the public printer main
tanning the old form Of spelling.
AIeeciras Treaty Ratified.
The senate ratified the general treaty
signed at Algeciras, Spain, April Z last.
in regard to the affairs Of Morocco,
with qualifying resolution saying
that our participation in the confer
ence was to safeguard our interests,
but was not to be regarded as de-
parture from nOninterference In the
political affairs of Europe. This over
came some objections On the Demo
cratic side.
Cabinet Nominations Approved.
In executive session the senate con-
flrmed the nominations Of Moody for
the supreme court, Bonaparte to be at
torney general, Metcalf to be secretary
Of the navy and Straus to be secretary
Of commerce and labor. The nomini-
tions of Cortelyou. Meyer and Garfield
We're held up because certain senators
objected on the ground Of their being
premature. as being for offices not yet
vacant. without specifying the day
when they would become vacant. It
was said that Secretary Shaw did not
know until after his successors nomi-
nation when he would leave the treas
ury department. One cbjector pointed
out that If Cortelyou were confirmed
at once there might be two secretaries
OF the treasury.
To Probe the Lumber Trust. -
The house has adopted a resoiu-
tion indorsed by Miller of Kansas
directing the bureau of corporations to
investigate the causes of the high price
Of lumber, and particularly whether
this is due to the existence of CON-
erwise. The house also called upon
the secretary of the interior to give an
account of all public lands withdrawn
Or reserved from entry.
Burrows Opens smoot Fight.
Senator Burrows Of Michigan. rs
chairman of the elections committee,
reopened the discussion Of the right
Of Senator Smoot of Utah to seat In
the senate in view Of his Mormon
church connection. Smoot himself was
u
church for controlling politics and fos-
tering polygamy. insisting that plural
marriages were still made in secret
and that Snoot had connived at this.
He admitted that there had been no
proof submitted to sustain the charge
that Smoot himself was a polygamist.