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Show oo DEMOCRATS WILL NOT SEND DUBOIS Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, June 4, By a vote of 252 to 157 the Democratic state convention declined today to send Fred T. Dubois, former United States senator, now national mauagcr munagcr of Champ Clark's campaign, as delegate to tbo national convention conven-tion at Baltimore. Tho efforts of the Dubois and antl-Dubols antl-Dubols factions In tho Idaho stato Domocratlc convention to reach an agreement last night proved without avail. Proposal and counter-proposal from each sido were rejectod and the reconvening of the convention again was delayed until lato In the morning, whllo the caucuses continued. contin-ued. When the convontlon was called to order Governor James H. Ilowley made an earnest plea for harmony, alluding to tho opportunity for Democratic success presented by the bitter fight betwoen Taft and Roosevelt. Tho committee to select 16 dole-gates dole-gates to the national convontlon, each with one-half vote. Whon the nominations wero made for national delegates the name of Former Senator Sen-ator Fred T, Dubois wa3 preBentod. A bitter debate on the floor followed. The fact that tho Dubois fight Involved In-volved tho Mormon and anti-Mormon question was brought out by Judgo K. I. Perky of Boise, who proposed that tho three candidates named by the so-called "Mormon" counties of Fremont, Idaho and Bannock, and Former Senator Dubois bo named as delogate-at-largc by acclamation, nn |