Session #52 · 1891–93

Speech #520113641

Dr. JOseph E. Winters says : It is certain that cholera will reap pear in Europe during the coming year and It s equally certain that unrestricted immigration from Europe to this country will bring the scourge to us. Foreign immigrants in the steerages of the European steamships. or immigration In any form or shape whatever. will be the certain means of keeping all European visitors from this country during the spring and summer of 1893. Dr. Cyrus Edson says: The great danger is that the disease will be brought into this country by immigrants arriving here from European ports. Dr. Shrady says: The history of every epidemic in this country has proven that the disease entered our ports on account of defective quarantine. and that it has been carried to us mainly by filthy immigrants. Dr. Loomis says: I think its introduction will be entirely through immigrants coming to this country in the steerage of the steamships. Moreover. Mr.
Keywords matched
immigrants immigration steerages steerage

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Security threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM CHANDLER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NH
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
520113641
Paragraph
#1
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