The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-04-15

Hartman Now "a Democrat-A cIoso
friend is responsible for the statement tbat
the Hon. Charles A. Hartman. of Mon
lana, VIII blossom out as a full hedged
| Democrat as soon as the Kansas City Con
ventlon dominates Mr.. Bryan and re-
afiirms the Chicago platform It is said
! mat or. Hartman prefers to withhold this
I statement until the time indicated for ths
reason that he considers it as always poss,-
! Bile that political conventions may not do
| what they have been instructed TO do and
| therefore. that both the nomination of Mr.
! Bryan and the reafiirmation of the Chi
| cago platform may be defeated al Kansas
| CITY K should be plainly understood thar
| he does not believe 1t to be at all probable
! that this disastrous result will be brought
about at Kansas City, but, like the careful
| statesman that he is. he concefves it TO
| be the part OF wisdom to await the official
returns. Mr.. Hartman's announcement OF
having espOused in its entirety and without
| reserve the Democratic faith will il is
thought. be the signal for tens OF thousands
OF the voters associated with him in the
free silver Republican movement to come
into the Democratic fold II is coutended
that there is now no longer any hope of get
ting the Republican party to retrace its
steps and go back to It's bmetallic profes
sions. so boldly disclaimed in the single
gold standard bill passed by this Congress.
Therefore it will be a uselesb waste of en-
ergy and a dangerous division of strength
for Republican bimet.EIists to go through
the next campaign under the direction of
an Independent organization II is thought
that Mr.. Hartmans idea will be adopted
by the convention Of free silver Repub-
licans, that will be In session al Kansas
City at the same time the Democrats are
in convention there, and that the former
will formally and authorftatively proclaim
the merging of the silver Republican marty
into the Democratic party This action
would carry Senator Teller into the Demo-
cratic household bag and baggage. a.
least for the campaign. it undoubtedly
would ensure several of the small doubt
full States OF the West for Bryan, ana
would go a long way toward holding kan
sas under the Democratic banner
Mr.. Hoar's Long Speech-On next
Tuesday Senator Hoar viii begin the de-
livery of a speech which promises TO give
him the title of the champion long-Gistance
talker of the Fifty-sixth Congress The
venerable and scholarly statesman has
been working on the speech for several |
weeks His theme is the Philippines and |
he will contend for the Immediate release
of those islands. The speech. it is said.
consists of nearly fifty thousand words
nearly five times long as the average
set speech delivered in the Senate Mr.
Burrows delivered speech last Wednes-
day against the seating of Mr.. Quay, which /
consumed about three and half hours.
and contained less than thirty thousand /
words. Mr.. Burrows speaks much more
rapidly than Mr. Hoar: be, perhaps. crowds
In quite twenty words TO the minute more
than Mr.. Hosr does. Hence il is believed
that Senator Hoars long speech will re-
cuire for its delivery not less than eight
hours, which will probably carry him over
from Tuesday 10 Wednesday The tax
on his physical, mental, and respiratory