Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1906-12-20
ENALL QvIETUs
The President Has Agreed to With
draw His FamOuS SimpliAsd
Spelling Order.
COMGRESSWOULDN O7AGREE
Il Was Believed That Only Confusion
and Expense Would Result From
aContinued Use Of the
New system.

ROOSEVELT Will WltnuTdW MS blmpli
fled spelling order to tho public prin'
ter and hereafter all documents from
the executive departments will again
be printed in the old fashioned style.
Representative Lands Of the joint
committee on spelling had confer
ence Thursday with the president
when the president said that he did
not wish to have spelling overshadow
matters Of great importance and OK,
pressed willingness to revoke his
order for the new spelling in case
the house Of representatives should
60 on record as opposed to the sys
tenn. Accordingly late Thursday after.
noon Mr.. Lands introduced the fol.
lowing resolution In the house:
Resolved, that 1t Is the sense Of
the house of representatives that here.
after In presenting reports, documents
or other publications authorized by
law, ordered by congress or either
branch thereof or emanating from the
executive departments, their bureaus
or branches, and independent officers
of the governemnt, the government
printing office should observe and
adhere to the standard of orthogra-
ply prescribed in generally accepted
dictionaries Of the English language.
Reform spelling was put into effect
by the president during the recess
of congress, and all public documents
supplied to the executive departments
have been printed in the simpllfied
way. These documents have been
pouring in on congress ever since the
opening day, much to the dissatisfac-
tion of members of the house. As
result the government printing office
was using two forms Of spelling, the
old method for congress and the re-
form method in executive documents.
The committee on printing in its IA
vorable report on the Lands resoIu-
ton stated that the committee had
been governed by the following con-
1.-THE executive order, under which
many public documents have already
been printed has been in force more
than three months. Without taking
Issue as to the relative merits of any
form of spelling, 1t is evident that
public sentiment has not been favor,
able to the innovation.
at Is not believed that the attitude
IF the general public would be mater
ALLY changed If the government in all
It's branches were to adopt the spell
ng prescribed In the executive order
referred to. and only confusion. and |
expense would result without any COM
nensurate advantage even If the new
orm Of spelling were deemed prefer
lble. Moreover congress has no as
Iurance that the next administration
you'd not revoke the present order.
Guch Of the matter embraced In the
publications OF the government is pre-
erved In stereotyped or electrotyped
'lates, representing large values to
he government in the saving of labor
nd other expense. All Of these plates
Vould be rendered worthless in a mo-
met by an order in succeeding ad-
ninistration revoking the executive
rider of August ~ last. Il
IF the government is to have two
orms of spelling this will necessar-
y double composition, double stere-
tipping and electrotyping, double Ii
root reading and other incidental ex- h
ense, It will mean double force
| proof readers. for 1t is unconceiv-
BILE that proof reader could be re-
uired to adapt himself to more than
ne system Of spelling with the expec- /
Ition Of rendering efficient service.
In Justice to government officials,
may be said, an order which die {
lkes a particular form Of photography
volving a departure from the recog-
zed standard in popular use imposes
pom the head Of an executive depart
ent as well as upon all Of his sub
'dinates policy that may well be e
'nsidered In many instances often \
We. d
I'm the opinion Of the committee b
~ departure from the recognized ?
of photography cannot with n
fety, satisfaction or economy be tax
until congress and the executive