Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-11-25

when this first public paper was issued by
Governor Cunning to locate the capital of tho
territory at Bellevue. The dating Of g az that
place insteud OF at Omaha implies much.
But the fact may have been mask to his
real purpose After the capital was located at
Omaha, the governor. who was the son OF
Rev. Or Cunning Of the Episcopal church Of
Michigan was the chief organizer OF that church
In Omaha. AS to the celebration Of Thanks
giving in the territory under the governors
proclamation, as there were no people in II out
side Of Omaha and Bellevue, and neither
churches nor turkeys in either OF the two ham,
let's. my personal idea is that the Omaha OBJ
servance must have been had in Council Bluffs,
and that I'm Bellevue at Peter A. Sarpy's st.
Marys trading post the Iowa side Of the
river. My recollection IL that II the day was
observed in Omaha at all IL must have been
with a dinner whose menu consisted OF fried
side meat very brown and solid article OF
bread, and coffee made from roasted beans. In
my encounters with the dietary OF Omaha in
1854 Icertsinly did not ind anything else
As it is the main object of this article to
indicate what Omaha should not forget to be
thankful for In this hfty-secOnd observance of
Thanksgiving in 1906. 1 respectfully say that
the first thanks TO God are due that such y
man as Thomas 3. Cunning permitted to
make Omaha possible as a great commercial
and industrial city and that he and few
other young men brought into this new land
from their native states God-fearing force,
and high ideals which they reduced to prac-
tical form i'm the foundation OF churches and
schools But IL is due to the history of this
vital matter to add that, without the ability
Of Andrew J. Hanscom as speaker Of the first
legislature, with the late Andrew J. POppleton
on the floor Of the house, supported by DIR.
Enos Lowe. president, James J. Jackson, and
other members of the town company, It is
altogether likely that the capital would have
been relocated at Bellevue by a strong body
and combination I'm the legislature.
And before another word is written l pause
to say that this great community and South
Omaha should render thanks TO God for the
religious work of Rev. Reuben Gaylord Rev.
Father Tracy and Bishop OGormsn of the
Roman Catholic communion, Bishop Robert II.
Clarkson, and other soldiers OF the cross, for
their great. religious work here forty and fifty
years ago. Garrison, in commanding form and
force rising above and over ALL I recall these
devoted men, never for a moment forgetting
that remarkable group who directed and de-
Tended Omaha interests when the question was,
not how great a city could be built here, but
when the question crucial at intervals for
years, can we build q great city on this spot
at all? They were the men who led the way
to Omahas development, and who gave to it
character, honor, distinction, final success and
commanding power. They went dangerously
wrong in antagonizing Durant. who finally
saved the city from destruction when the Union
mill But we should thank God on Bonded knees
and from our hearts that the religious stan
dards and moral welfare Of Omaha were en-