The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1899-10-26
GIVE THANKS
President Mckinley Says Ameri.
cans Have Abundant Cause to
Praise God
For the Many BLESSINGS Show.
cred Upon Them.-One Is
Prosperity,
Another Is the EXaltatiOn of Pc
t~riOtiSm...There Are Also
Others.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The president
has issued the following Thanksgiving
proclamation:
IA national custom dear to the hearts
of the people calls for the setting apar,
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 acquires
with time a tenderer significance. 1t
enriches domestic life. IT, summons
under the family roof the absent chill.
dren to glad reunion with those they
love.
Seldom has this nation had greater
cause for profound thanksgiving. No
great pestilenceh has invaded our shores.
Liberal employment waits upon labor.
Abundant crops have rewarded the
efforts OF the h~usbandman. Increased
comforts have ON 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 a steady gain in the
moral and educational growth of our
national character.
Churches and schools have -four
ished. American patriotism has been
exalted. Those engaged in maintain.
ing the honor of the flag with such sig
nal 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
wal and we are now on friendly rela.
tons with every power on earth.
1.-The trust which we have assumed
for the benefit of the people of Cuba
has been faithfully advanced. There is
marked progress towards the restora-
ton OF healthy industrial conditions,
and under wise sanitary regulations
b island has enjoyed unusual exemp-
ton from the scourge of fever. The
hurricane which swept owe our new
possession Of Porto Rico, destroying the
homes and property Of the inhabitants,
called forth the instant sympathy of
the people Of the United States, who
were swift to respond with generous
aid to the sufferers. While the iusur-
rectlOn still continues in the island of
Luzon. business is resuming it's activity
and the power Of the United States is
being rapidly established throughout
the archipelago.
For these reasons, and countless 9TH
ers, | William Mckinley, president of
the United States, do hereby name
Thursday, the Both of November next,
as a day of general thanksgiving and
prayer, to be observed as such by all
our people on the continent and in our
newly acquired islands, as we'll as those
who may be at sea or sojourning in for
eign lands; and l advise that on this
day religious exercises shall be con-
Quoted in the churches or meeting
places of all denominations, in order
b a in the social features of the day its
real significance may not be lost sight
OF. but that prayers may be offered to
the Most High for o continuance of the
Divine guidance, without which mans
efforts are vain. and for divine consola-
ton for those whose kindred and friends
have sacrificed their lives for
IL 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.
I'm witness whereof, l have set nv
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed.
civilian MCKINIEy"