Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-11-19
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= BY the Governor :
=. Ia accordance with the beauti- s
: ful and appropriate custom of :.
s setting aside a special day af- >
= ter the harvests are garnered =
= each year as a day upon which :
- we can make manifest our graf !.
!. itude to God for manifold bless :.
:. ings, I, John Burke, Governor of :
4. the State of North Dakota, do =
= hereby designate =
= Thursday, the 2sth day Of Mo-. :,
IS vember 8
s as a day of General Thanksgiy- =
= ing and prayer throughout the 8
= state. The year, now nearly 3
I! gone, has been one Of peace and =
- plenty in state and nation: peace ]:
s. at home and abroad, universal $.
: peace: plenty almost beyond the :
: capacity OF the country Provi- =
= dence has smiled upon us with l:
$ a bountiful harvest, and has with =
= held pestilence and disaster. Di- !.
= vine guidance is lifting the !:
: whole people up to a higher, :.
!. healthier moral plane, making (:
4. the world better and brighter :.
s and pointing to higher ideals in {.
= public life. On this. coming I:
: Thanksgiving Day let us unite Z.
!. ii praise and thanksgiving to :.
4 God for all His kindness and I.
= mercies, and fervently beseech !.
:. Him to bless and preserve our :.
= people and our country. Z.
8 Given under my hand and the {.
g Great Seal Of the State, at the :.
= Capitol in Bismarck, this 18th {.
= day of November, A. D., 1907. I.
JOHN BURKE, :.
= Governors.
- BY the Governor, :.
s. Alfred Blaisdell, I.
Secretary Of State. !.
Z. = = = . J. $500 :.
SPEcuLATIoNs ON THE MESSAGE
Although guarded by the greatest
secrecy, there attaches unusual inter
est to President Roosevelt's forth
coming message to congress and it
is likely 70 be one of great length as
we'll as importance. A Washington
correspondent puts it as follows:
11 With the approach of the meeting
Of the new congrass interest in the
Roosevelt s trust policy increases.
Curiosity is being whetted to razor
edge by the strange silence Of the
president upon the question. Old
Washingtonians declare that no presi.
dent has been as frank, outspoken and
less mysterious as Mr. Roosevelt con.
corning the topics and their treat.
ment in his annual ard special mes.
sages to congress. Heretofore he has
taken into his confidence on these i'm
portant matters everybody who has
mad claim upon his time or attan-
tion- His messages, therefore, have
been largely discounted by the inter
ests. general and special, evolved
days and weeks before their delivery
and publication. But in the present
instance President Roosevelt is as ST
lent as the Sphynx and quite as cryp-
tic. All sorts and conditions OF men
have tried in vain to get from him
some hint, be 1T eger SO vague. as to
what new lsgislation dealing with the
trust question in its relation to inter.
state commerce III his forth coming
message 70 congress. But thus Ear III
has favored nobody, as Tar as known
with the desired information. when
asked for an expression that may ii.
dictate the drift Of his mind Of the
goal OF his purpose he shuts up like
clam to the infinite embarrassment
Of his inanisitor Of abruptly changes
the subject. " S8S
resumably II IS understood that
Tit is the privilege Of the presid snt
3of the United States 70 lead ii con.
yersation This IS particularly true
Of Mr. Roosevelt He has reduced if
e e a firte art Verify ii he the head
81 the table wherever he may sit.
He sets the pace of discussion, and
while he does not show the utmost
pleasure wilgn q visitor disagrees
with rim, At the same time he dis
plays keener irritation whenever 4
ga Her agrees stpineiy with his every