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THE COMMONER. Lincoln. Neb
-The St. Louis Globe-Democrat, noting, the
-Cannon presidential boom, sagely observes: "Let
us elect congress first." The ..Globe-Democrat is
often forced to stop its graveyard whistle to
moisten its lips. tj
It will be noticed that tho loudest advocates
of special tariff privileges are also the loudest
in their denunciation of the American Federation
of Labor's demand for what they declare to be
"class legislation."
To the credit of Russell Sage be it said'that
no actresses have hod the sublime nerve to put
m claims against th'"'estate. Uncle Russell may
have had his faults; t they were not the faults
of tho Pittsburg milli'onaires.
Panama's sanitary regulations -which were
go perfect a few weeks ago are now being blamed
for the failure to begin active excavation. The
Teal reasons for switching from Nicaraugua to
Panama are becoming public.
President Roosevelt has a task before him.
He is to speak at the unveiling of the monument
to General George B. McClellan, and how to avoid
mentioning McClellan'B name is bothering him.
He managed it once, but the strain this time will
be much more severe.
Mr. Byerly, the express cleric who netted a
profit of $20,000 by investing in a 2-cent stamp
and submitting a bid for a slice of the govern
ment's Panama canal bond issue, will never make
a financier. He invested entirely too much in pro
portion to the profits realized, judging by the
Wall street financial standard.
Two Boston men have been arrested for steal
5fSSSllMi i They'U get up to the legislators,
5nporSS8!,orB atld stock Bamblers aftei
Roosevelt-Carnegie Spelling
In accordance with President Roosevelt's en
dorsement of Andrew Carnegie's spelling reform
movement, all White House correspondence will
use tho new orthography. It was on March 2,
190G that Andrew Carnegie announced that he
had undertaken to bear the expense of an organ
ization to be called "the simplified spelling board."
The board caused to be printed a list of three
hundred "simplified spellings" June 18, ? In its
statement the board said; "The board does not
propose any 'radical' or 'revolutionary' scheme or
reform, or any sudden and violent change of Eng
lish spelling. Any proposal to upset suddenly
.and violently the accepted spelling of any literary
language is foredoomed to failure. The board
does not intend to advocate any modification of
English spelling that is not temperate and reason
able. It is not in favor of any freakish orthog
raphy of any kind, like the misfit spelling of
'Josh Billings' and of the 'comic' paragraphers.
The board's chief aim, in view of the fact that
the English language bids fair to become the
world language of the fuCure, is to arouse a'wider
interest in English apelling and to call attention
to its present chaotic condition a condition far
worse than that existing in any other modern lan
guage." While the president's endorsement of the
"spelling reformers" is being criticised by those
who take his latest movement seriously, many
of these critics do not object to reform in spel
ling. They Insist that the reform should be
brought about gradually and by general consent,
as has been the case with many of our commonly
. used words, rather than by a sudden attempt on
the part of one of the great departments of gov
ernment. A few of the newspapers approve of Mr.
Roosevelt's new order, while some of-them
charge him with a disposition to make .sport of
a very serious question, and others poke fun at
his latest efforts to "regulate the affairs of man
kind." The Chicago Record-Herald, referring to the
-Roosevelt-Carnegie reform says: "There are dif-
Acuities enough in the way. Spelling reform has
always been opposed on principle by certain stu
dents who Insist that the old spellings are full of
significance as to the history of the language,
and a much more effective opposition comes from
the natural conservatism of the people. They
cling to the usage with which they are familiar
and laugh at the refonried words."
The Philadelphia Public Ledger says: "Lon
don ridicules the president's spelling. ' It doesn't
deem any more ridiculous there than it does
here." '
Other newspaper comments follow:
Brooklyn Standard Union Up to the time of
going to press the English language is still safe.
Baltimore American President Roosevelt's
c6nversion to the spelling reform movement is
not apt to cause any great alteration in the ap
pearance ' of written or printed language.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: President Roosevelt
has exercised his executive authority frequently in
an unusual manner, but rarely so needlessly as in
thus taking liberties with his mother tongue.
Cleveland Leader: The greatest possible
stimulus the attempt could receive is the official
co-operation of the president. Even with this
help it is doubtful that more than a few of the
new, forms will be adopted generally and it will
not bo immediately, either.
Pittsburg Press: .Tuff, isn't it, to have to
spell like Karnegy just because he has munny.
St. LouiB Republic: A great many persons
who have been mis-spelling English words nearly
all their lives have suddenly found out that they
were reformers.
Baltimore Sun: It is presumed that Mr.
Roosevelt will henceforth be "De-lited!"
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph: -Much of the
spelling is done that way by persons who never
heard of Brander Matthews. v
Rochester Herald: Thedor 'Rozevelthaz cum
out for speln refawrm. ' " - '
Baltimore News:
If this is the way thru's spelt,
What must we do with Ruzfelt?
The Three-Hundred Samples
The Nashville American and Washington Post
are "argyfyin," whether Governor "Bob" Taylor
Is a fiddler or a violinist, the American contend
ing that he is a violinist and the Post insisting
that he is a fiddler. What's the odds? "Gov
ernor Bob" will make a lot "of special interests
dance when he goes to Washington as a senator.
THE PREACHER'S BOY
It is not necessary to rush to the defense
of the "preacher's boy," notwithstanding the pre
valence of the cruel and unjust declaration that
preacher's boys are usually the worst boys. This
declaration is .prevalent because the misdeeds
of one preacher's- boy will be remembered long
after the misdeeds of a hundred other boys, sons
of men engaged in secular pursuits, are forgotten.
The trouble is that the average community dei
The list of three hundred words approved by
the "Spelling Reform Board" follows:
A Abridgment, accouter, accurst, acknowl
edgment, addrest, adz, affixt, altho, anapest,
anemia, anesthesia, anesthetic, antipyrin, anti
toxin, apothem, apprize, aroor, archeology, ardor,
armor, artizan, assize, ax.
B Bans (not banns), bark (not barque), be
havior, blest, blUBht, brazen, brazier, bun, bur.
C Caliber, caliper, candor, chapt, check,
checker, chimera, civilize, clamor, clangor, clapt,
claspt, dipt, clue, coeval, color, colter, commixt,
comprest, comprize, confest, controller, couquet,
criticize, cropt, crost, crusht, cue, curst, cutlas,
cyclopedia, carest (not caressed), catalog,
catechize, center.
D Dactyl, dasht, decalog, defense, demagog,
demeanor, deposit, deprest, develop, dieresis, dike,
dipt, discust, dispatch, distil, distrest, dolor,
domlcil, draft, dram, drest, dript, droopt, dropt,
d illness.
E Ecumenical, edlle, egis, enamor, ency
clopedia, endeavor, envelop, eolian, eon, eapulet,
-eponym, era, esophagus, esthetic, esthetics, esti
vate, ether, etiology, exorcize, exprest.
F Fagot, fantasm, fantasy, fantom, favor,
favorite, fervor, fiber, fixt, flavor, fulfil, fulness.
G Gage, gazel, gelatin, gild (not guild),
gypsy, gloze, glycerin, goodby, gram, gript
H Harbor, harken, heapt, hematin, hiccup,
hock (not hough), homeopathy, homonym, honor,
humor, husht, hypotenuse.
I idolize, imprest, instil. , ,
J Jail, judgment. -
K Ifcist.
L Labor, lacrimal, lapt, laBht, leapt, legalize,
license, licorice, lyter, lodgment, lookfc; lopt, luster.
M Mama, maneuver, materialize, meager,
medieval, meter, mist (not missed), miter, mold,
molder, molding, moldy, molt, mullen.
- N Naturalize, neighbor, niter, nipt.
O Ocher, odor, offense, omelet, oppresst,
orthopedic.
P Paleography, paleolithic, paleontology,
paleozoic, paraffin, parlor, partizan, past (not
passed), patronize, pedagog, pedobaptist, phenix,
phenomenon, pigmy, plow, polyp, possesst, prac
tise, prefixt, prenomen, prest, pretense, preterit,
pretermit, primeval, profest, program, prolog,
propt, pur.
Q Quartet, questor, quintet.
R Rancor, rapt (not rapped), xaze, recognize,
reconnoiter, rigor, rime, ript, rumor.
S Saber, saltpeter, savior, savor, scepter,
septet, sepulcher, sextet, silvan, simitar, sipt,
sithe, skilful, sklpt, slipt, smolder, snapt, somber,
specter, splendor, stedfast, stept, stopt, strest,
stript, subpena, succor, suffixt, sulfate, sulfur,
sumac, supprest, surprise, synonym.
T Tabor, tapt, teazel, tenor, theater, tho,
thoro, thorofare, thoroly, thru, thruout, tipt,
topt, tost, transgrest, trapt, tript, tumor.
V Valor, vapor, vext, vigor, vizor.
W Wagon, washt, whipt, whisky, wilful,
winkt, wisht, wo, woful, woolen, wrapt.
mands entirely too much of the son of the
preacher. They seem to forget that he is hu
man, just like other boys, and that he is just as
full of boyishness as the son of the local lawyer,
the local doctor or the local grocer. A prominent
clergyman has just finished a thorough research
into this matter and he gives the results of his
work In the statement that among those whose
names have been marked as worthy of remem
brance because of some good service in religion,
politics, art, science, literature, commerce, phil
anthropy or warfare, or Borne other aspect of
tho various life of the nation, 1,270 wrere the chil
dren of clergymen, 510 the children of lawyers,
and 310 the children of doctors. He makes the
further assertion that "the superiority which the
clergy enjoy, in respect to their children, to other
professions lies beyond dispute." Even allowing
for the natural prejudices of a clergyman writing
on this subject, a thoughtful man must admit that
the old notion about "preacher's boys" Is abso
lutely without foundation in fact. In proportion
to numbers more distinguished sons have sprung
from clerical homes than from any secular pro
fessiona statement that may be verified by re
course to any biographical dictionary. .It is,
therefore, high time to forget the old joke about
"preacher's boys."
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