Session #57 · 1901–03

Speech #570098346

This case you can find in 141 United States Report. pages 5758. Mr. Chairman. Congress has from time almost immemorial "prohibited" objectionable commerce if it is international or interstate. Thi is shown. notably. by the embargo acts way back almost a century ago. generally discussed and approved as valid legislation in the ClarkFields case. (148 U. S. Rep.) We have prohibited the bringing to the United States certain objectionable immigrantsidiots. insane persons. criminals. polygamists. and Chineseby the acts of 1891. 1804. 1882. and 1875. We prohibited the importation of convictmade goods by the Wilson tariff act of 1894. We have prohibited this. that. and the other.
Keywords matched
immigrantsidiots

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Chinese
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural Security threat Other

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN GAINES
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
TN
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
570098346
Paragraph
#0
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