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Show JOHN HAYS HAMMOND IS NOW A PROGRESSIVE New York. Sept, 22. Col. Roosevelt's Roose-velt's chief lieutenants in the flght the progressive element of tho Republican Repub-lican party Is to make against tho "old guard' at Saratoga next week, went to Oyster Llay this afternoon for tho last conference before tho convention. con-vention. They wore Lloyd C. Grls-com. Grls-com. chairman of the New York county coun-ty committee; Otto T. Bannard, Congressman Con-gressman Herman Parsons and Naval Officer Cracke, tho progresshe" leader In Kings county. Before leaving, Mr. Grlscom reiterated reiter-ated his predictions of success in tho flght for tho selection of a temporary chairman of the convention. John Hays Hammond, president of tho National League of Republican clubs, aud John A. Stewart, the New York state president of the organization, organiza-tion, called on Mr. Grlscom today and assured him of any support the league could give the progressives in tho coming contest. John A. Sleicher. who laid the framework of many Republican platforms. plat-forms. Ib at work on the foundation Of the platform the progressives expect to present to the Saratoga convention. Chairman Woodruff of the Republican Repub-lican state committee, today expressed ex-pressed confidence iu the prospects of the "old guard," and was just as serene as Mr. Grlscom. "Despite the var.ous estimates luiug made on the I line-up." said he, "recent assurances I from tho districts in which the progressives pro-gressives are credited with defeating the old guard are liable to show tins progressives have not won tho victories vic-tories they claim." |