We have been blessed by abundant harvests; our trade and commerce have wonderfully increased; our public credit has been improved and strengthened; all sections of our common country have been brought together and knitted into closer bonds of national purpose and unity.
Proclamation 426—Thanksgiving Day, 1898
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The said appointment to be made by the Military Governor thereof, subject to the approval of the Secretary of War.
We should not permit our great prosperity to lead us to reckless ventures in business or profligacy in public expenditures.
Whatever remains unfulfilled is a continuing obligation resting with undiminished force upon the Executive and the Congress.
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