Omaha daily bee., 1902-07-03
BOON CHURCH CONVENTION
General COMMITTEES Suggests Big Excursion
to Capital City.
TO NcrTE INTEREST IN OMAHA MEETING
Plans for Advertising Coming Ma
tiOnal Convention of Christian
Church AT Omaha Throughout
the United states.

Local members Of the Christian church
now plan to go on a big excursion to Lin
coin during the latter part Of August in or
der to spur the interest there in the COM
ing national convention Of the Christian
church, to be held in Omaha. The matter
was preached at the monthly meeting OF
the general committee on arrangements
for the convention, held at the First Chris
tian church last night. Will Maupin OF
Lincoln. chairman Of the press committee,
present and invited the executive COM
mittee TO come to Lincoln and stir things
up. Discussion brought out the PROPOSE
tion to have everyone go along, and the
scheme met with the hearty approval Of
those present. Finally a motion was passed
instructing ChairmaL Paine 10 appoint a
committee Of three to investigate the mat
ter and report back.
A big thing will be made OF this ex-
cursion II It is held. One idea advanced
was to extend the anair so as to bring
In Christian church people from other
towns as we'll, all to meet in Lincoln for a
big rally. The plan is to secure good rail-
road rates from Omaha, and take down
as many as 200 people in the afternoon
and let them return the next day as they
will.
Now to Advertise.
Advertising was the matter chiefly dis
cussed last night, as It was agreed that
the time for the heavy work along that
line was coming. One important step taken
was a decision to send to all Christian
churches a petition for the members to
sign in great numbers and submit to their
daily newspapers. The petitions will re-
quest the newspapers to demand from the
Associated Press detailed accounts OF the
convention in Omaha. II is expected that
by bringing such pressure to bear the As
ISOLATED Press will be persuaded to handle
the affair at great length.
other plans for advertising, as outlined
by Chairman Maupin Of the press COM
mittee, are for space from now on with
the companies which sell patent insides to
country newspapers. Mr.. Maupin stated
that such syndicate matter reached Is
per cent OF the readers Of the country
from the Great Lake. to the Rocky noun
tains and he anticipated great results from
having attention paid to the convention
In such news matter. In addition to this,
announcement Of the convention will be
sent individually to 10000 newspapers Of
the United States.
Showing at Bethany.
A large attendance from Omaha at the
Nebraska State Christian Church conven-
tion, to be held at Bethany, near Lincoln,
beginning August 5 next, was especially
urged, so that interest in the national con-
vention may be worked up among the state
people present there. A national conven-
tion headquarters will be maintained at
Bethany and everything done to boost the
Omaha affair.
In many other ways will the convention
be widely advertised. Representatives of
the local committee will be present at
all district and state Christian church
conventions in the country to speak for
II, and an endless chain letter scheme may
be put In operation. -.
Hereafter the executive committee will
meet twice a month. as business has In
creased so as to demand more frequent ses-
sions. The dates will be the second and
fourth Mondays Of each month. A balance
Of s34s.75 was reported in the treasury.
The entertainment. registration and re-
ception committees were urged to collab-
crate more on their work, which is in many
respects Identical.