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Show TO RENEW FIGHT ON MORMONS Declares He Has Broken Wltn Perky Over Question Hopes To Regain Toga Boise, Idaho, Deo. 28. Fred T. Dubois Is Bald to be on his way to make a hard fight to secure tho support sup-port of the Democratic and Bull Moose members of tho legislature for his own election to the United States Senato tc succeed Weldon B. Hoy-burn, Hoy-burn, according to apparently authentic authen-tic reports received here. Senator Perk and Mr. Dubois have quarreled In Washington be-'cause be-'cause Perky refused to Join DubolB In a crusade against the Mormons. Information of this break came direct di-rect from Washington yesterday. Through the same authentic sourco came the Information that while R. S. Sheridan, manager of tho Capital Nqws, and J. II. Gibson, chairman of the Bull Moose stato committee, were In Washington last week they held a conference with Mr. Dubois and tho result of the conference was "satisfactory "sat-isfactory to both Bides." It has oeen known to Democratic party leaders and others since the November election that Dubois and tho others wero determined to reopen his ilglft on the Mormons for the alleged al-leged activity of tho church leaders In politics. Now his activity against tho church is taking the form of resisting re-sisting the appointment of any Mormon Mor-mon to a position under the federal administration. This move on tho part of Dubois on one hand and Sheridan Sher-idan and Gibson on the other is taken tak-en to mean that the Bull Mooso party In Idabfr) Is to take up tho fight on the Mormons with Dubois leading. It is also taken by many shrewd politicians to mean that Dubois Du-bois is determined to return to tho Senate througn an alliance with the Insurgent forces in the state. Tho statement that Dubois Is to go beforo the coming legislature as a candidate oi tho Democrats and Bull Mooso mombers causes llttlo concern. con-cern. It Is held that it will be Impossible Im-possible to rally enough support behind be-hind Dubois bjl such a deal to cut an Important figure In tho commer-nl commer-nl struggle. A combination of that kind for two years hence would, It Is asserted, bo a different story. Hfl Democrats are deeply concerned H&H over the break botweon Senator Per- Hfl ky and Dubois. Thoy realize that HHJ this Is to have a marked influence- on HH tho history of the party in tho next iJHHHJ few years. jHbB |