Session #55 · 1897–99

Speech #550032346

Mr. President. I am obliged to say that I am not in favor of a hundreddollar head tax as a means of restricting immigration. My point is a simple one. It has been made before in this Chamber. There have been differences of opinion on the subject. but the prevailing opinion I believe to be that which 1 express. that while it might be wise and proper to impose a head tax to keep out an improper immigraft. it is very unwise to take money out of the pockets of an immigrant who comes here. If we can have a head tax so high that no immigrant can come. in other words. if we can have a prohibitive tax upon immigrants. that is all very well. The direct method-
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Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM CHANDLER
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
NH
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
550032346
Paragraph
#1
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