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Show Repubiicaos lay Bolt Niedringhaus Missouri Caucus Nominee for United States Senator to Be Victim of Conference of Legislators. JF.FFERSON CITY. Mo.. Jan. 15. It Is said thnt a ufflelent number of Republicans has "ooltod to defeat the ratification next Tuesday of T. K. medrinsjbans, tho State chairman. rccntly named by tho Republicans In caucus to succ-ed United Slate Senator Cockrell. It was given out tonight that at a dinner held Saturday night, attended by nlno mem-bom mem-bom of tho Legislature, a sufficient number of Republican li-glslo,tors agreed to bolt tho caucus lo defeat NledrlnghAUs. MaJ. J. L. Blttlnger of St. Joseph, who presided at tho eonfi ri-nce, announced that, besides the mcm-beiK mcm-beiK present, tlvo other Republicans hod agreed to bolt the caucus nominee If called qpon to do so. Representative Orftce of St. Txiuls. who Introduced Intro-duced tho resolution that caused tho Investigation Investiga-tion of the Niedringhaus fund held In SU Louis lasl week, was present at tho dinner. A Second conference of boltera was held In Jefferson City tonight, and at it conclusion some of lho9o present announced positively that Mr. Niedringhaus would not bo elected on Tuesday. The followers of Niedringhaus are confident that he will bo sleeted. They malnudn thit thu Investigation at St. IouIh clearly vindicated vindi-cated him. At the Republican caucus held here on January Janu-ary i. Thomas K. Niedringhaus was selected to succeed Senator Cockrell, after a spirited 'contest In whlrh itvo ballots wvro taken. The final ballot stood: Nlodrlnghaus. GA; Col. R. C. Kerens. St. Louis, MaJ. William Warner. KnnKus City. lj L. F. Parker. 4; Patrick Dyer. St. Louis. L The conference last Saturday night wan held following a illnni i given by 'v, Kerens. After thu dinner and In-fore the conference began Col. Kerens withdrew, naylng ba did not wish to be a party to tho deliberations. |