Session #51 · 1889–91

Speech #510061066

Do you confess you are bidding for the next campaign instead of legislating for the good of the people ? You.are more candid than I expected you to be. Now. while it was claimed that all of this was done for labor. the contract laborers have been imported and the law violated for greed and gain. Chambers & McKee and Campbell are the men charged with importing twentysix contract laborers from England to work in the glassworks at Jeannette. Pa. Information was filed in the proper department. hearings were had at Pittsburgh (and these men were put in the works there). and yet today. notwithstanding the proof. there has been no conviction. Let the people of the country understand that while you are legislating to keep out the products of the world and restricting their markets. you are at the same time bringing in contract laborers. to work at lower prices in direct competition with our own people.
Keywords matched
contract laborers

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
BENTON MCMILLIN
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
510061066
Paragraph
#0
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