Session #55 · 1897–99

Speech #550141915

Was there any very considerable change in the matter of the qualification of a voter for representative under the constitution of 1887 in the matter 0t allowing foreigners to vote? A. There was. . Please state it. A Previous to that time only citizens could votethat is. native born or naturalized. or those who had received letters of denization. The constitution of 1887 allowed all residents. if they had those qualifications. excepting Asiatics. and they were not allowed to vote. even those who were citizens by naturalization. 2 Did that cover the Portuguese element? We allowed Portuguese to vote. Q.Then the races that were excluded under that from the privilege of voting were the Chinese and the Japanese?
Keywords matched
naturalized naturalization Asiatics

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Chinese Japanese Portuguese
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
DONELSON CAFFERY
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
LA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
550141915
Paragraph
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