Omaha daily bee., 1899-06-17
SERVICES AT EXPOSITION
Rev. yyrnwy Morgan is Compelled to
Tell Some Truths Regarding
the Propositions.

To the Editor: Kindly allow me to call
the attention of the public to the inaccurate
account of your reporter, whic-> appeared In
your evening issue of June l6. He says
that there was a fair representation OF
ministers and others engaged in church
work" May state that of all the minis
ters Of this town there were only four
present-Dean Fair, myself and Revs. Moore
and Jackson; besides these there were about
fifteen persons present. The only two OF
any prominence besides the lady assisting
Mr. Taminosian, were Secretary Willis and
Mr.. Isaac Carpenter. The reporter states
that Secretary Willis offered a resolution
"authorizing the appointment Of a commit
tee OF three, which should choose another
committee to solicit funds for the erection
of the tabernacle and to determine the
form of services to be held" This, again. Is
inaccurate and misleading; not single word
did tho resolution contain about funds. ]
was the first to raise an objection to the
place contemplated by Taminosian and his
friends. | wanted to know who was to con-
duct these services, who would have posses
sion of the tabernacle when the exposition
would be over, etc. i wanted TO know
whether 1t was to be a Syrian mission,
whether 1t was to be undenominational. /
stated that | would object to give the move
ment my moral support or to ask my church,
or friends, to contribute, unless this move
ment was taken out of the hands Of
Tamnoslan and placed in the hands of a
committee made up of delegates from each
denomination. | did this on the ground
that the Ministerial Union OF this city had
twice refused to endorse Mr.. Tamnoslan and
his work; also that II we were to raise $400
to erect a tabernacle at the exposition all
the churches should be asked to do so, and
~.
a good deal OF hot discussion between Mr..
Paul Charlton and myself Dean Fair, as
chairman, stated 1t his judgment that
there was no hope of having this move
ment endorsed and supported by the general
body of Christian churches unless Mr..
Taminosian accepted Mr. MorEans sugges-
tion to refer the matter to the Ministerial
Union on Monday next. Finally, Mr.. Willis
proposed a resolution that this movement
should be endorsed on the understanding
that Mr.. Taminosian should hand over his
concession into the hands of committee OF
the business and Christian men OF Omaha
who would have the sole and absolute CON
trol OF this movement, Mr.. Taminosian him
self to be a member OF the committee
This was the great bone of contention and
upon which Mr.. Taminosian and Mr. Paul
Charlton had finally to give way On June
~ we nave to hear whether It Is possible to
have this concession assigned to another
committee and to know who the committee
Is This was the work assigned to the
FIRST committee, and all talk about raising
funds is premature, | regret to have to
write this letter, but do 1t in the interests
OF truth, as the report would be likely
to mislead the business and Christian men
d the town, and give the public VT ns
impression as TO the position OF Mr., Tamil
nosan in this matter. The question of Sun