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Show H WILL RENOUNCE THE NAME REPUBLICAN , FRANCISCO, Deo. 5 The chrya-I HJ .t of the Progressive party In Callfor- HJ n'a began to tir today In Its cocoon. HJ and nt all rides were watchers to see what would emerge tomorrow, when the HJ ahell of the old Republican organization HJ bo ret open. HH Bluce bofono tho national elections of HHBJ I 1312, the state haa been Progressive In fact and Republican In name. Governor Gover-nor Johnson, elected an a Republican, was a candidate with Theodore Roosevelt Roose-velt on tho national Progressive ticket, and the electors pledged to Roosevelt and Johnson, appeared on the ticket under un-der the heading Republican, which by decision of tho state supreme court, held no place for electors pledged to Taft and Shorman, tho nominees of tho Republican Republi-can national convention at Chicago. Tomorrow this dominant faction of what was once the Republican party, will meet to renounco formally Its past alle-glanco alle-glanco and to proclaim Itself tho Pro-greH8lvj Pro-greH8lvj party of California. In attendance attend-ance will bo Governor Johnson and Progressive Pro-gressive lenders from all over the state. Candidacies for the 1914 elections, It has boon nnnounced, will not be considered. In tho meantime, the state central committee com-mittee of tho old line Republican party met hero today for consultation. X declaration dec-laration that tho party organization would be continued, was made yesterday by Guatave Brennor. The situation ha3 beon further complicated compli-cated by a coll Issued yesterday from Fresno To Progressive Republicans," to meet hero on Decomber lo. The backing back-ing and purpose for thin call was obscure ob-scure today to Republican lenders, and they were chary of discussing It. The call Itself said those behind It wore not In sympathy with the regular organization organiza-tion but would welcome tho attendance of all Republicans. |