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

Hartman Now Democrnt.-A close
friend is responsible for the statement THAI
the Hon. Charles A. Hartman. of Mon
tana. will blossom out as a ull-nedged
Democrat as soon as the Kansas City Con
yeution dominates Mr. Bryan and re-
affirms The Chicago platform. II is said
that Mr. Hartman prefers to withhold this
statement until the time indicated. for the
reason that he considers it as always poss,
BILE that political conventions may not do
what they have been instructed 10 do and
therefore. that both the nomination Of Mr.
Bryan and the reailirmatiOu Of the Chi
cago platform may be defeated at Kansas
CITY. /; should be plainly understood thar
he does not believe it to be al all probable
that this disastrous result will be brought
about at Kansas City. but. like the careful
statesman that he is he conceives il 10
be the part Of wisdom to await the official
returns Mr.. Hartmau'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 Il is contended
that there is now no longer any hope Of get
ting the Republican party to retrace its
steps and 90 back 20 its bimetalic profes
sions so boldly iiscaimed in the single
gold standard bill passed by this Congress.
Therefore It will be a useeI waste Of en-
ergy and q dangerous division Of strength
for Republican bimetGlists TO 20 through
the next campaign under the direction of
an Independent O SANITATION. Il is thought
that Mr. Hartman's 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 authuritatvely proclaim
the merging of the silver Republican party
into he Democratic party. This action
would carry Senator Teller into the Demo
cratic household big and baggage a.
least for the campaign. II undoubtedly
would ensure several Of the small doubt
full States Of the West for Bryan. ana
would go a long way toward holding Kan
-as under the Democratic banner
Mr.. Hoar's Long Specch.-On next
Tuesday Senator Ho8r viii begin the de-
livery Of a speech which promises to give
him the title Of the champion long-distauce
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 as long as the average
set speech delivered in the Senate. Mr.
Burrows delivered speech last Eednes- Z
day against the seating Of Mr.. Quay, which ;
consumed about three and a half hours. /
and contained less than thirty thousand
words Mr. Burrows speaks much more
rapidly than Mr. Hoar he. perhaps. crowds /
In quite twenty words TO the minute more /
than Mr.. Hosr does Hence il is believed .
that Senator Hoar's long speech viii re-
auire for it's delivery not less than eight /
hours witch will probably carry him over I
from Tuesday to Wednesday The tax /
on his physical, mental, and respiratory |