The morning journal-courier., 1908-11-26
THANK sGIyING DAY.

THANKSGIVING DAY. Thanksgiving day in this year of our Lord finds the United States of North America in better humor and with a brighter outlook than was the case In either respect year ago. This of itself is a sufficient cause for re- turning thanks to the giver of all good things, and for concluding that, in spite of past errors of commission and omission, there Is a considerable des tiny which Is slowly but surely shap- Ing our ends as people
 Naturally the first thought of al thankful character this year which comes to one inclined to dwell upon the significance of the day, is the sue cessful and hopeful manner in which the country has again met its political obligations. It was inevitable that some one party and some one candi- date would have to be defeated SO that 1t is unnecessary to dwell so much pn the wounds of the loser as upon the good fortune of the outcome it- self The friends of MT. Bryan may properly regret his lost opportunity but they cannot but realize that as a result of poll of the American elect orate a man was chosen to the presi- dency, who In many respects is the best equipped man ever nominated for the office It's cares are not new to htm, nor are the problems which concern its administration as perplex ang as they would be had he not been tn close official touch with them all.
 If we are to have the embodiment of honor and fitness in the chair of chief executive which is surely cause for righteous thanksgiving we have also as an additional cause for thanksgiving the fact, that at last con fidence has been restored to the busi- ness community. The hard blows which were given a twelfth month ago and more and which threatened at one time to make the possession of wealth the synonym of predatory character, are being forgotten and men are preparing themselves to build LID shattered fortunes and restore mu- tual trust and faith. The country should be thankful that though this confidence, which is so essential to commercial progress is returning, the work which it is destined to accom- plish Is being grounded in a higher understanding of commercial moral tty than ever before. Sweet and use ful indeed are the lessons of diversity apt to become when their full slgnih- canoe Is realized. If 1t is true that this country needs nothing quite so much to fortlfy its natural progress ,siveness as knowledge there is cause to be thankful that 1t has been grant ed in abundant quantities. To know more to-day than was known a year ago, which Is surely the fact, is tc feel a. sense of genuine gratitude swelling up in the heart and to mark it's influence.
 We are not fully in sympathy with those who would revive the old and earlier fashioned Thanksgiving day. Il & possible that incongruities have rept in upon the observance Of the day, just as they have crept in upor the observance of Sunday, but aftel all the fact of an annually recurring day existing, which has for it's only excuse the admission of q thankful heart, possesses the power to accom- plisF wonders for the individual ant the state. It is not so necessary tha every one should observe Thanksgiv Ing day and Sunday in the same wa, as 1t is that these days exist, and ar, recognized for what they are in prin sciple We can be devoutly thankful for these days whether we observe them as more serious minded people would have then observed or not Tot little consideration is given the poweI of fact to exert its influence ove he mind There is not q resident 0 Ile city of New Haven to-day Wht does not feel the influence of the da! and become the better for It. The i'm pression may be tieetins and may pas before the day Is half spent but | Is there and no one entirely escape it's power to upift II is much bet ter to be uplifted for moment thai not to be uplfted at all and tha