Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-12-14
BACK TO THE GOOD OLD WAY
After Roosevelt Announced Hls De-.
cIs1on the House of Representatives
Passed a Resolution That tho Die.
tonar'es Are Good Enough for
Them.
(By Associated Prcss.)

President Roosevelt will withdraw his
snplifled spelling, order to the pub.
lie printer and hereafter nil docu-
ments from tho executive departments
Will again be printed In the old fash.
Toned style.
Representative lands of the Joint q
committee Oh spelling had n confer.
cnce today with the President whon
the President snid that he did not
wish TO have spelling overshadow
matters of great Importance and he
expressed II willingness TO revoke his
order for the new spelling in case
tho House Of Representatives should
go on record ns opposed to the sys- I.
tenn. Accordingly late this afternoon
Mr.. Lnndis introduced tho following
resolution In the house:
Resolved, Tint II IL tho sense OF tho
House of Representatives that here
after In printing reports documents.
or other publications ordered by Inv
or by Congress or either branch there.
OF or emnnating from the executive
departments. the bureaus or branches
and independent offices OF tho gov,
eminent, tho government printing Of
lice should observe ana adhere to the
standard photography prescribed In Z
generally accepted dictionaries OF the
English language II * ssns.s
The measure wns passed Wifnn,sf NJ
dissenting vote, although Mr.. Gillette
cf Massachusetts, who made fight
FOR smpllfied spelling before tho
mousse committee on appropriations and
mas been regarded ns tho cliamnloD
Of the Presidents attitude, explainad
that he did not wish to givo tho im.B
preston that he hnd changed his
mind. Mr.. Gillette said he saw that
Inc house was overwhelmingly agntnst
the innovation and consequently he
bowed to It's Will.
The system Of reform spelling was
put into effect, by tho President dur.
ing the recess Of Congress, and ALL
public documents supplied to tho fa.
ecuttVr departments have boon print.
cd In the simplifed way.
What Governed Committee. A
Tho committee on printing in itg
favorable report on the lands resolti
ton stated that the committee has
been governed by the following condi-
lions: In the various reprints OF tho
constitution of the United States adj
hcrcnce to the original spelling Is 4,
ut the time Of their enactment. rho
smelling In the original statutes re-.
fleets the form OF spelling in vogue
at the time of theirenactment. Tho
various Qualifications OF the statutes
reflect the spelling in vogue at the
timc OF tho adoption Of such codifl-
cations. The last Qualification adopted
was In 1878. Tho subsequent statutes
now number fourteen volumes. cover. 3
ing period Of twenty.elght years.
Each volume reflects tho spelling ills
vogue ut the time of the enactment
Of the statutes embraced therein. &,
"A new codification Is about to be 4
presented to Congress and until Con-
gress shall see fit to order the print s4
Ing of this proposed Qualification Off
the statutes embracing all the enact
ments of the law making power OF tho a
government now III force IN some form d
OF spelling other than that geherallylsa
accepted by tho people, it would ap-5F
pear to be that of wisdom for the L
government in all its branches, in thd3s
interest of simplicity and economy to-
adhere TO uniform system of spell &
ing. and this system should be most
generally recognized and accented by
the people.
IF Congress shall adhere to thess
form of spelling already In vogue as b
applied to the statutes. 1t would aI3.l$
pear anomalous to employ some otherts
form as applied to all Of the preliml.B
nary stages of legislation, includings
the proceedings of Congress UP to thayj
point where these proceedings ara f.
crystalized into law. to order change N
in the spelling" 4 Y