Session #50 · 1887–89

Speech #500044981

Do not let its gratify the greed of Pole. Italian. or Slav by welcoming to the ranks of our laborers men and women from the worst associations of Eastern and Southern Europe. -Do not let us permit grasping capitalists. whether making glass. or coke. or iron. or any other product. to herd together men and women who seem to be without a clear recognition of social or moral distinctions between the sexes. if we may judge from their daily life and the manner in which they inhabit indiscriminately their large but unfurnished sleeping apartments. Can we prohibit such immigration? We have the generalwelfare clause put at us every now and again. And should I fail to find the power elsewhere in the Constitution.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about people from Eastern and Southern Europe having the worst associations and lacking social/moral distinctions.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Italians Slavs
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM KELLEY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
500044981
Paragraph
#1
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