Session #48 · 1883–85

Speech #480063874

Old voted for contestant. and was an illegal voter. He was a foreigner. He claims that he had been naturalized and that his papers were burned. Asto thishemakes conflicting statements. First he says he burned them. and again that they were burned in the burning of Stripes house. He gives the placewhere he was naturalized. and names the judge before whom. he says. he took out his papers. The records of the court are produced at page 410 of the record. and those records show that no such person had ever had naturalization papers issued to him. We claim that this is an illegal vote. This man is sought to be sustained as a voter by a man who claims to have seen his naturalization papers. He fixes the time a year after the date of their alleged destruction. William Brown voted fbr contestant in the wrong county.
Keywords matched
naturalized naturalization

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM HEPBURN
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
480063874
Paragraph
#0
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