The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-10-26
GILL 10 GIVE THANKS
November so Set Apart by
Presidential Proclamation.
CAUSES FOR GRATITUDE
So Stated as to Constitute a
VeritabIe State Paper.

Washington, Oct. 25.-The president to-
| day issued the following Thanksgiving
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 observance acquires with time ten
derer significance. It enriches domestic
life. It summons 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 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 indus
try and trade there has been an uneualed
a steady gain in the moral and education
al growth of our national character.
Churches and schools have flourished.
American patriotism has been exalted.
Those engaged in maintaining the honor
of the flag with such signal success have
been in a large degree spared from dis
astr and disease. An honorable peace
has
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 benefit of the people of Cuba has been
faithfully advanced. There is marked
profess toward the restoration of healthy
industrial conditions. and under wise
sanitary reulations the island has en-
joyed unusual exemption from the scorge
of fever. The hurricane which swept
over our new possession of Porto Rico.
destroying the homes and property of the
inhabitants. called forth the instant sym
pathy of the people of the United States,
who were swift to respond with generous
aid to the sufferers.
in the island Of Luzon, business is resurn-
ing its activity, and confidence in the
United States is being rapidly established
throughout the archipelago.
For these reasons and countless 9TH
ers, I, William Mckinley. president of
the United States. do hereby name Thurs
day. the thirteenth day OF November
next, as a day OF general thanksgiving
and prayer, to be observed as such by all
people on this continent and in our new
who may be at sea, or sojourning in for
eien lands, and I advise that on this day
religious exercises shall be conducted in
the churches or meeting places Of all de-
nominations, in order that in the sicoal
features of the day it's real significance
may not be lost sight of. but that fervent
prayers may be offered to the Most High
for a continuance OF the 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.
'T recommend also that on this day, so
far as may be found practicable labor
shall cease from its accustomed toll. and
charity abound for the sick, the needy
and the poor.
'In witness whereof, I have set my
hand and caused the seal of the United
States to be affixed. (SigneO
WILLIAM MCKINLEY"