Show A STRONG FOREIGN POLICY The legislature of the state of Minnesota Thursday voiced what has been urged a number I of times from authentic au-thentic sources as the policy of tho present administration The policy of the secretary secre-tary of state is well known to be in accord with this plan and assuredly President Huuusov would not havo appointed to the office having in its charge the shaping of of the governments foreign policy a man whoso views were at variance with his own It may therefore be safely set down that what is known in England as Jingoism will be the controlling influence influ-ence at Washington for the coming four years at least Under such a plan of government Lord BBACOXSFIELD cave to Great Britain a prestige and power which previously it had not dreamed of It added to the functions and powers of tho throne by making the sovereign sov-ereign the Empress of Indiaas well as Queen of tho United Kingdom and imparted a solidity and compactness to the government such as none of his predecessors conseived or at least never atten ted to prosecute Clearly a strong frontier wih strength beyond the border commanding respect for the flag wherever it floats was a successful policy for England but does it thereupon appear as a sequel that transplanting it here would be a success tIn t-In the case of the United States it means much the same that it does beyond tho Atlantic At-lantic the ability to cope with any power on the seas an elaborate and impregnable system of fortifications and the retention of all that we havo while keeping an eye on of terri tho main chance for an extension tory should such chance ever present itself it-self These points gained with an enlarged aggressivo merchant larged and more marine pushing our commerce into every would undoubtedly mark far and near port United a now era in tho history of the States It takes but brains and money to out such a policy and ve are presumably pre-sumably carry overburdened just now with both I administration is much too short a One to accomplish the within which period transformation but he beginning of it in S earnest might be the means of a continuance in power and Burly BLAINE is too shrew and crafty a politician to not see this and appreciate it for all it is worth It is true the people were not required to submit to overdrafts from te nation upon their private resources in order that war ships and border fortifications might be constructed they would certainly have off of-f ao objection if such demand had been made upon them for that purpose but now that the surplus is on hand and there is no warrant in the groat compact which binds the nation together for it the easiest and most practicable way out of the difficulty ito i-to apply it in the manner suggested even though not collected for that purpose Furthermore the expenditure is one that can be extended and enlarged indefinitely it can in fine be made to equal any amount of receipts no matter how voluminously they flow into the treasury and as the high tariff is to be continued by the party in power and the opposition will not consent to the repeal of the tax on whisky and tobacco but such aoplan as that above stated the treasure vaults of the republic would inevitably become congested con-gested and the nation itself assume the character of a conscienceless usurer Building ships and forts will soon settle the question as to the surplus now but let that policy be pushed a Vontrance and the surplus not only be consumed but anticipated antici-pated and if it does not prove a petard whose hoist will be imparted to thoso who use it there is no argument in a reference to history and no logic in current history Let BIAINE and BENJAMIN sail in Pile on the taxesroll up tho surplus and spend it i like mad Their lot S four years hence will be the peoples gain |