Session #57 · 1901–03

Speech #570036477

But they say it will make China angry and so injure their trade with China. Why should it make China angry? The Chinese Government and the higher classes of the Chinese people can not blame us for not wanting to have millions of coolies dumped into our country to vitiate our civilization and to swamp our labor market. There is no objection on our part to the coming here of Chinese teachers. students. merchants. and travelers on legitimate business and in a legitimate manner. and the only reason why their entrance is hedged about with the formalities and restrictions enumerated in the bill is in order that we may guard our country against the entrance of laborers under false pretenses in the guise of students. merchants. etc.. which has been so great and so frequent an abuse in the past. Why. then. should the Chinese Government or the Chinese privileged classes complain of the bill?
Keywords matched
coolies

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES HEMENWAY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
570036477
Paragraph
#2
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