Session #47 · 1881–83

Speech #470075411

Shall they be rejected and so many legal voters deprived of their voice in government because of the failure of officers to perform their duty ? Now I will single out another point in this case. The majorityof the committee in their report insist that 74votes cast bymiaturalized citizens. duly qualified under the constitution and laws of the State. shall be rejected because they failed formally to present their naturalization papers when they voted ? I might go behind that a little and ask if it was not a miserable law that required such a thing as that. But admit that it is the law. admit that it does not impair the rights of the naturalized citizens. lio presented himself with his ballot. He had voted there frequently. and was qualified under the laws of the State to vote. The laws of the State placed judges and managers there. clothed with quasijudicial powers.
Keywords matched
naturalized naturalization

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
GEORGE JONES
Party
N
Chamber
H
State
TX
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
470075411
Paragraph
#0
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