The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1903-11-07
SETS DAY TO
GIVE THANKS
President Roosevelt Issues his Aanua
PROCLAIM atien.
IS SOMEWHAT PESSIMISTIC
Chief Executive Seems to Fear That Oar
Form of Government Is In Danger OF
Collapse. Against which he Warns
The People.

issued his annual Thanksgiving proc
amation In the following terms;
The season 10 At hand when. 40
,ording TO the custom OF our people,
il falls on the president TO appoint .
day OF praise and thanksgiving to
God. During the last year the Lord
has dealt bountifully with us. giving
Us peace at home aud abroad and the
chance for our citizens to work for
their welfare unhindered by war,
famine or plague. II bshoovss ia not
only to rejoice greatly because OF what
has bean given ne bat to accept IL with
8 solemn sense of responsibility. real
izing that under heaven it rests with
as ourselves to show that We are
worthy to use Alright what has thus
been entrusted to our care. In no
other place and at no other time has
the experiment Of government OF the
people, by the people and for Abe
people, been tried on SO vast . scale
as here in our own country In abe
opening years Of the Goth century.
Failure would not only be Q dreadful
thing for us. but dreadful thing for
all mankind because II would mean
loss of hope for all who believe
in the power and the righteousness
Of liberty. Therefore. in thank
ing God for the msrcies extended to
US in the past, We bessech Him that
he may NOT withhold them in the fat
ure and that our hearts may be reused
to war steadfsstly for good and
against all the forces OF evil, public
and private. We pray for strength
and light 30 that in the coming years
we may with cleanliness, fesrlessnsss
and wisdom do our allotted work on
the earth in such manner as to show
that We are not altogether unworthy
| Of the blessings We have received.
''Now. therefore, I. Theodore Roose-
welt. president OF the United States.
do hereby designate as = day Of gen
eral Thanksgiving. Thursday. the
twenty -sixth Of the coming November
and do recommend that throughout the
land people cease from their vontsd
occupations. and in their several
| PLACES Of worship render thanks -uuto
Almighty God for his manifold
msrcies. In witness thereof, have
hereunto set my hand and caused tho
seal Of the United States to be aftixsd.
''Done at the city OF Washington.
this 91st day of October In the year Of
our Lord, one thousand, nine humid
red and three, and Of the fndspend-
ence OF the United States the one
hundred aud twenty eighth tSigued1
by the President and Secretary Of
State"
United States Minister Powell has
again cabled the state department from
San Domingo that the distur banoe in
the republic growing out of. tbs rsvo-
luton which csnters nj Puerto Plata
is increasing. aud he suggests the adj
visibility of having = United States
warship. The cruiser Baltimore.
which sailed from Hampton Roada for
San Domingo, cannot arrive until the
middle of next week. so the navy de-
partment Is arranging to send the
Dixie, now at Guantanamo, across to
San Domingo by way Of Kingston.
Jamaica. If an emergency should arise
before the Baltimore reaches port.
A cablearam from United States
Minister Besupre, ut Bogota, TO the
States Department describes the canal
proceedings In the Columbian Senate
as follows: THE report OF the com
rnittee was discussed In the Senate
Oct. 81. Only four Senators spoke.
Senator Carroll opposed the proposed
law of organization. regarding it as I'M
constitutional, on the ground that any
action which the present Government
might take would be subject TO the
approval of the next and of future
Congresses. He vigorously denoun-
ced the treaty ITSELF and the selfish
motives of the United States in desir-
Ing such a treaty.
Fourth class appointed: Louisiana
Carroll, Red River, Chas. W. Year
wood; Premier, St. John the Baptist,
Mary Burgoon- Mississippi.
ella, TalIahatohie, Annie Written;
Darling, Quitman. Pearl Jenkins;
Mud Greek, Pontotocs James n. Pull
Icy. Sycamore. Chikssav, r. II. May
field; Turnersville, Jasper. Benjamin.
F. Richardson; WestTilIe, Simpson,
B, E. Tuition.
Senator Aldrich, chairman Of the
senate committee on finance, has
called a meeting of that committee to
consider questions likely to require
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