Omaha daily bee., 1902-03-16
SUPPORT FROM BUSINESS MEN
Committed I'm Charge of Christian
D~IscipIes' Convention Gets
Encouragement.

The committee In charge Of the promo
ton Of the Christian Disciples convention
has been canvassing for support among the
Omaha business men,, and reports the fol-
lowing encouraging expressions:
]. w. Carpenter, Wholesale Paper Com
pany-I am very much In sympathy with
faG ea anG shp USEPlS Sis shSaF fo see se II tn fsil enter after
all the preparations that have been made:
do not believe that the business men OF
further the interests of the convention.
vention was secured for omaha by the rep
resentations of the, Auditorium company
and the commerciai club: It Is now up to
means the convention must not go away
from the city Of Omaha.
Judge w. w. Slabaugh, District Court,
omaha-we are stronger by far at the
present time than we ever were. Not for
that the Convention shall leave this city.
We are not thinking of doing anything but
to continue the preparation for this great
and We cannot anord from any standpoint
S SS lss i s should iiaarS SaSS win DC Sens tSsir 'G part '8 lS
making a rate commensurate with the con-
10. h. Bruce. wholesale DruEgist-Never
when a thing is undertaken should a step
be taken backward. II Is better TO. die on
the firing line than to turn back under any
]. Frank Carpenter, Carpenter Paper
is in full sympathy with this convention
and you may rest assured that we will
lend all the financial aid and moral en-
w. A. Wyatt, Bradstreet's Commercial
Agency--The promises made should by all
means be kept. h failure OF the Audi
torium ought not prevent the business
men and others from seeing that this con-
Ve chs ! Is T na K cunt sh FiS Sgei Rational Bank
1t would be unfortunate to see the con-
yention fan nov, am t~horoughly In sym
W. H Brill. Illinois Central Railroad
ness men are capable OF. supporting the
enterprise and you should by all means
eGpp1inS We 70 p NfoSI tHr W 1Rs SpR bs an nntor.
tunatel and a deplorable. thing to let the
convention now 50 BY default. especially
mercial club and the Auditorium company
TO the effect that a suitable meeting placs
DR.. w. 8. Henry-It would be a disgracs
TO the city OF Omaha not 10 have the con,
yention after Al that has been said and
great moral benefit that 1t would be to th'
city the business men could not from
v~ention at this time. You may count OF
me fer any assistance that ! can possibly
c. s. Lobingier. Attorney-It would be 4
great mistake to abandon the convention
now. In my opinion 1t would be much e
prise to fail.
Charles Morgan, Assistant City Attorne,
I We cannot AFFORD to have the conventioI
go away after the hard work that has beeI
done ever since the delegation left 10
{ we esn take care OF Il and we must tax
|, care OF H. You can count on me for an,
assistance / can give.
pany-It would be the height OF folly an
4 absurdity to think OF giving up the con
= Vention at this time. i can see no reasol
why the Knights OF Ak-sar-Ben should no
Z give the use OF the Coliseum for the con
Vention.
. A p. Turkey, President conservatiy
: Building and Loan-After all that has bee
said and done / should very much regre
/. 70 see the convention fail. We need IN
I convention here and must not let IL g
away. I am in full sympathy with you
committee and wieh you success.
Lucien Stephens Stephens a smith
! Cent? Fu~fntshinSs5-1n my opinion a Woul