Arizona republican., 1914-02-19
Use every man after his desert, and who shall 'scape whipping?
 Shakespeare.
The California Registration

Republican newspapers in California gleefully print day after day the registration figures in that state, showing that voters register republi- than progressives democrats, the demo- crats, in fact trailing far along in the The registration really possesses little significance It means only that those who register as members of party participate in the primaries of that party next August They at liberty to vote with which party they please at the general election in November
 The figures of the California registration may be easily accounted for Though California of the thoroughly progressive in the union, the thoroughly progressive the cleo ton of 1912 proved since the progressives were'af rayed against combined republican and demo- cratic force the progressive party did then exist there in name but the names of the thirteen Roose- Welt electors by supreme court decision appeared the republican ballot while the Taft electors required to be nominated by petition.
 When the present registration season was opened the republicans began displaying great tivity which has since been maintained in securing registration under that party name, a matter of comparatively accomplishment since of the who registered had registered under another The progressive leaders and news papers appear have made vigorous pagn registration progressves Some of the newspapers have advised such registration only that the might take part in the pro- gressve primaries. Governor Johnson in of his numerous speeches, believe, has urgently ad vised the voters with respect to registration.
 He is aware, all progressive leaders in Cali fornia are that the general election great jority of the voters will be found the right side and that the right will be nominated The admirable progressive state administration has been bac ed itself in public gatherings It is certain that the people recently emancipated from machine rule of generation will go back to it and abandon the progress that has been made within the last years.
 We have alluded to the California registration only because there seems to be some misapprehen- sion as to it's significance We quoted yesterday from the Cleveland Leader, which having noted that the republicans leading the progressves in re- gstration and that only pitiful number of demo- registering remarked that coalition of progressives and republicans would overwhelm the We should construe that to be only an idle remark by the Leader, based misunderstanding. rather than a suggestion that such coalition was advisable e
 There IS no other state in the union where it would be more difficult for those who really progressves and those who actually republicans to get together There is other state where there is less why progressves should consent to merger If the progrssves of California had only sordid desire to possess the offices there would be no reason for fusion for they already possess the state offices with the confidence of the people be- hind them and have almost solid progressive delegation in congress. We may add that there is no other state where progressvism and republican ism are farther apart. California revolted against republicanism before the birth of the progressive party.