The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-11-27
By AUTHORITY
THANKSGIVING PRoCLAMATloN

WASHINGTON, Oct. 25.-The Pres
idenJ today issued the following pro-
ciamation:
National custom, dear TO the hearts
. OF the people, calls for the setting
apart OF one day in each year for spe-
| cial thanksgiving 10 Almighty God for
the blessings Of the preceding year.
This honored observance acquires
with time tenderer significance. 1t
enriches domestic life. 1t summons
under the family roof the absent child
rem to glad reunion with those they
love.
Seldom has this Nation had great
er cause for profound thanksgiving.
No great pestilence has invaded our
shores. Liberal employment waits up
on labor. Abundant crops have re-
Warded the efforts OF the husbandman.
Increased comforts have come to the
home. The national finances have
been strengthened and public credit
has been sustained and made firmer
In all branches of industry and trade
there has been an unequaled degree of
prosperity, while there has been a
steady gain in the moral and educa-
tional growth Of our national char
acter.
Churches and schools have flourish
ed. American patriotism has been eX-
allied. Those engaged in maintaining
the honor of the flag with such signal
success have been in a large degree
spared from disaster and disease. An
honorable peace has been ratified with
a foreign nation with which we were
at war and we are now at friendly re-
lations with eve power on earth.
The trust which we have assumed
for the benefit of the people of Cuba
has faithfully advanced. There is
marked progress toward tle restora-
ton Of healthy industrial conditions
and under wise sanitary regulations
he island has enjoyed unusual eXemp
ton from the scourge of fever. The
hurricane which swept over our new
possession of Porto Rico, destroying |
he homes and property of the inhab-
tants, called forth the instant sym
lathy Of the people of the United |
States, who were swift to respond with |
generous aid to the sufferers. While |
he instruction still continues in the
island of Luzon, business is resuming |
is activity, and confidence in the good
purposes of the United states is being /
'apidly established throughout the |
For these reasons and countless
others, I. William Mckinley, President |
Of the United States, do name Thurs
lay, the Goth day of November next, |
as a day of general thanksgiving and |
prayer, to be observed as such by all
our people on this continent and IN
sur newly acquired islands, as we'll as
by those who may be at sea or So
Iourning in foreign lands, and | advise
that on this day religious exercises
shall be conducted in the churches or
meeting places of all denominations in
order that in the social features of the
day it's real significance may not be
lest sight of, but fervent prayers may
be offered to the Most High for con-
tinuance of Divine guidance, without
which mans efforts are vain, and for
Divine consolation to those whose
kindred and friends have sacrificed
their lives for our country.
L recommend also, that on this day,
so far as may pc found practicable,
labor shall cease from its accustomed
toll and charity abound toward the
sick, the needy and the poor.
I'm witness whereof, | have set my
hand and caused the seal Of the United
States to be affixed.
CIVILIAN M'KINLEY." 81