Bisbee daily review., 1907-05-22
DEMANDS { MORE YEARS IF TIE
 B|G STICK
McLaurin of South Carolina Thinks Piutocracy and So- cialiSm Need More Pounding By a Roosevelt.

PHILADELPHIA May 21.-"Re- publican institutions cannot live with a plutocracy on one side and a social ism on the other. and it will take at least four more years with a big stick to restore the equilibrium, ' said former Senator John l.. MeLaur- in of South Carolina at the banquet of the American Cotton Manufactur- CTS Association. Continuing Mir Mo Laurin said:
 The great issues in this country do not lie between the platforms of the two great political parties; the real division are the relations of labor and capital aTiti. the monopoly of pub lie franchises for private gain. On one side stand the trusts. huge grim and unrelenting in their greed: on the other side stands organized labor, fierce. determined and sociallstic.
 Theodore Roosevelt. with the "big stick. is doing this country service not second to any President who has ever occupied the White House, checking on one side the repacious greed of capital and the other hand the brutal violence of organized labor. have little faith in any political party in thes times. My faith lies in the manhood. the exceptional man hood of this republic, which ahs sl- ways risen to every emergency.
 The present wonderful prosperity of this country is, in my opinion, due more to the great courage and sagac- ity of Grover Cleveland than to any other man. He saw in 1892 that our wheat and cotton would turn the balance of trade in our favor, and by forcing the adoption of the gold standard, transferred the center of the financial world from the banks of the Thames to the banks of the Hud- son.
 Mr. McLaurin paid the following tribute to Vice President Fairbanks:
 This association has the honor to
 This association has the honor to have as it's distinguished guest to- night one of the closest friends and most ardent supporters of MT. Mo Kinley. the vice president of the United States, capable not only of yielding big stick but with all the sweetness of disposition which ren- dered Mir Mckinley one of the best beloved Presidents that every occu- pied the White House" .-s.s.s
 Vice President Fairbanks discussed the prosperity of the country and the concern of each industry in the prog ress of all other industries, and the gratifying improvement in the rela- tions of capital and labor, and con tinued:
 Equality of treatment on the part of those who serve the public is a ] reasonable demand It is essentially in harmony with the spirit of AmS<. can institutions. We have resolved that neither open nor secret prefer ence shall be given by those engaged in transportation service. In the past few years we have taken q decided step forward and we shall not be so blind to our true interest as to take | q step backward
 President Fiiley was the principal speaker at the concluding session or the scsociation k1day. He favored legal regulation of railroads. but de clared that arbitrary rate legislation was destructive and interfereds with the progress of the South by prevent ing the sale of bonds to secure funds for railroad extensions and improve ments.