Proclamation 441—Thanksgiving Day, 1899
10/24/1899
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Under the circumstances of this case I do not feel at liberty to approve the bill.
The prophets of evil were not the builders of the Republic.
Existing problems demand the thought and quicken the conscience of the country.
It became inevitable; and the Congress at its first regular session, without party division, provided money in anticipat...