The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
REASONS FOR THANKS,
Mckinley Outlines Them
in His Annual Pro-
clamation.
cIanlation.

Washington, Oct. 25.-The president
today issued the following Thanksgiv-
ing proclamation:
"A national custom dear to the hearts
of the people calls for the setting apart
of one day in each year as an occasion
of special thanksgiving to Almighty
God for the blessings of the preceding
year. This honored observance ac-
quires Gith time, tenderer signifi-
canoe. 1t enriches domestic life. 1t sum-
mons under the family roof the absent
children to glad reunion with those
they love.
Seldom has this nation had greater
cause for profound thanksgiving, No
great pestilence has invaded our shores.
Liberal employment waits upon labor.
Abundant crops have rewarded the eff
forts of the husbandmen. Increased
comforts have come to the home. The
national finances have been strength
ened, and public credit has been sus-
tanned and made firmer. In all branches
of industry and trade there has been
an unequaled degree of prosperity,
while there has been steady gain in
the moral and educational growth Of
our national character. Churches and
schools have fiourished. American pa
gagged in maintaining the honor of the
flag with such signal success have been
in large degree spared from disaster
and disease. An honorable peace has
been ratified with foreign nation with
which we were at war, and we are now
on friendly relations with every power
on earth.
1.-THE trust which we have assumed
for the people of Cuba has been faith
Fy,1I z.ro 1~r,1
progress toward the restoration of
healthy industrial conditions and, under
wise sanitary regulations, the island has
enjoyed unusual exemption from the
scourge of fever. The hurricane which
swept over our new possessions of Porto
Rico, destroying the homes and prop
erty of the inhabitants, called for the
instant sympathy of the people of the
United States who were swift to re-
spond with generous aid to the suffer-
ers
while the instruction still con-
tinues in the island of Luzon, business
is resumlng its activity and confidence
in the good purposes of the United
States is being rapidly established
throughout the archipelago
For these reasons and countless
others, I, William Mckinley, president
of the United States, do hereby name
Thursday the thirt1eth day OF NoVem-
Der next, as a day of general thanks
giving and prayer, to be observed as
such by all our people on this continent
and in our newly acquired islands, as
well as by those who may be at sea or
sojourning in foreign lands; and I adj
wise 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
lost sight Of prayers may be offered to
the most high for a continuance of the
divine guidance, without which mans
efforts are vain, and for divine consola-
ton to those whose kindred and friends
have sacrificed their lives for country.
II recommend also that on this day,
so far as may be found practicable,
labor shall cease from its accustomed
toll and charity abound toward the sick
the needy and the poor
"In witness whereof 1 have set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
civilian MCKINLEY"