The National tribune., 1906-12-13

take charge of old records, and for the
establishment of a Hall of Records in
this city. The bill does not call for an
Appropriation.
The proposed board is to be COM
posed of the Vice President, the Speak
er of the House, the Secretary of State
fhe Secretary of the Treasury. one Judge
each from the Supreme Court, Cir
cult Court and a District Court and
such members of a joint Committee on
Records as may be named by the two
Houses OF Congress. The bill proposes
that this board shall have sole legal
custody of all books of records and filed
papers in which the latest date of rec,
ord is upward of so years. Documents
of lesser age may also be placed In the
custody of the board on the order of
the President or other designated Off
cials of the Government, and the board
may receive important records from
State authorities.
1t is somewhat remarkable fact
that the Senate should not have con-
nrmed the nominations of the President
for his new Cabinet for over a week.
1t is usual to confirm appointments of
this character at once, and while it is
not. supposabIe that the Senate would
not confirm, 1t yet makes talk that the
Senate did not confirm these appoint
mentS at once.
There's ways and ways of spelling
nowadays. The President Is convert
to nu spelling, as everybody knows. The
Supreme Court of the United States
positively refuses to spell the new way
or to have any of its documents put into
type in reform spelling. Congress has
decided that Its documents shall be
spelled old style, but has had to, accept
the Presidents Messages as he sends
them in the "nu spelling" and so they
will appear in the Congressional Rec
ord. right In the midst Of all the prop
erly spelled words. And so it happens
that things are doing at the Govern
ment Printing Office.
An employe there says:
'The copy-cutters in the Government
Printing Office are having their experi-
ence with the Presidents spelling. In
consequence Of the decision by the
Printing Committee Of Congress to ad-
here to the ancient manner of using the
alphabet. there are really two Ian
Guages running side by side in the big
print shop.
'.As every bill or document may be
several pages long and must necessarily
be cut up into many takes given out
to scores Of compositors. 1t would not
take long for the confusion Of Babe, to
result from the use Of two kinds of
photography under the same roof. All
documents coming from the White
House or from the Executive Depart
ments must be set up in the Presidents
spelling. Those from the Capitol must
be done in the spelling Of the fathers.
''To keep the hundreds Of compost
tors straight rubber stamps have been
furnished all the copy-cutters. SO they
can mark each 'sake' in an executive
ff,o ifrsr xrrf,c H.,
gets his take sees the words in big red
letters. .Nu spelng,' and acts accord
tngly."
Senator Baiiey's seat was vacant on
opening day. Senator Bailey had gone
to Texas to face the charges that have
been made against him down there Of
doing things that he should not have
done regarding Standard OIL and some
other things. Senator Bailey says it
isn't so, and let us hope it isn't.
In the United States Treasury there is
now a surplus of $2s.e6s,322.61. as COM
pared with the deficit of S20,060;080 for
the pervious fiscal year, according to-
Secretary Of the Treasury Shaw's an
nuai report to Congress. The total re-
ceipts for the fiscal year were s769.-
3S6,904.62, and the total expenditures
were $73S,717,5S2.31.
President Roosevelt's decision to
transfer Henry White, ambassador to
Italy. to the like post in France, as the
successor of Robert S. Mccormick. re-
signed, and to promote ambassador
Griscom from Brazil to Italy, has
brought good cheer to the many friends
OF ambassadors White and Griscom in
ofi1cial and Congressional circles Both
DIR. White and Mr.. Griscom by this
change will receive important promo
lions, Mr.. White going to the second
post in importance in the Diplomatic
Service.
: There Is a new farmer In Congress.
Gle halls from illinois,. and his name is
ssFrank o. Lowden. post-ofice address.
Oregon. When mention Is made of the
new member as an actual farmer some
Ipf his friends smile. but he does not
think they ought to make fun of his
sincere declaration that he is really al
Eiller OF the soil. He is better known
In Chicago as lawyer and an alert
5bne. For number of years he has
fbeen very conspicuous IN politics, and
was especially active IN the Nationali
ReDublican Committee Headquarters in
$he last Presidential campaign.
:. As he Is man Of immense wealth,
5his friends thought he took up poiiticsl
MS a pdbtlf0S, D0t ne ln6fBt0 on 0OinRt
,actiye work like any other candidate
FOR political honor. When Represenla-
tive Hit died Lowden was named fori
the vacancy, and SO comes into theI
House for the remainder Of the Hitti
term.
Senator Hepburn, of Idaho, has in
treduced a bilf whereby It is proposed
20 buy for Government use all thei
property between Pennsylvania Avenue.
the Mall, 18th street and the Capitol,
now owned by private individuals
Twenty-Five blocks are included in thet
proposed purchase. II is the intention
70 acquire all of this at one time. to be
reserved for Government buildings
large and harmonious, in accordancei
with the Park Commissions plan.
Senator Hepburn holds that the south
side Of the Avenue from the Treasury
to the Capitol, should eventually be-
lined with imposing Government build
tngs, constructed on a harmonious pIan
T. c. Wakefield. Of Alaska, wants
Uncle Sam to pay him for walk Of
80 miles that he took across the fey
hills Of Alaska in the course of making
election returns in a legal manner His
request for the appropriation of $1sl
comes to Congress with the official ap-
provai of the Interior Department and
the Governor Of Alaska.
In presenting his petition, Mr.. Wake
Held states that, In order to get the
votes to the proper authorities from the
salmon Lake voting precinct, he had 20