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Show The St. Paul Globe believes that if Sami kl J. Tii.ohn" had been mado president of the United States, we would long before this have had adequate sea-coast defenses. It quotes his utterances utter-ances on the subject and infers that he would have been able to carry out such a policy as they indicate. This will do well enough as an argument now that Tildea is among the dead. If he bad been mado president the fact would not j have changed the character of his party. There aro a few men like Mr. Wihtnky iu the democratic ranks who believe in a vigorous national policy, but their number is not large enough to influence tho policy of the old organization. If wo are to have sea-coast defenses, they w ill bo secured under a republican administration. ad-ministration. Tho democrats will never give them to Os. A party that believes iu standing still aud that holds up its hands in horror at any proposition proposi-tion looking to tiio disbursement of government funds for improvements iu ! keeping wilh the ago will never complete com-plete any comprehensive plan of coast defense. |