Session #58 · 1903–05

Speech #580022303

Maintain living wages. lower the cost of living daily increasing through Republican legislation. curb the trusts. build the Panama Canal. develop internal resources. give the Philippines to the Filipinos. and build up and protect a government whose purpose is to create an artisan instead of a soldier. It is not tariff schedules we need. but more work. high wages. and reasonable hours. It is the shutting out of coolie labor. the passing of an eighthour Government law. and the abolition of convict labor which need serious attention. The American workingman wants to rest secure in his home. and if in the exercise of his inalienable rights he should run counter to the domination of predatory wealth he does not want to be incarcerated like a petty thief. and hence the question of government by injunction is of vital importance to him. You can never deceive organized labor by tariff schedules.
Keywords matched
coolie

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
CLARENCE VAN DUZER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
NV
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
580022303
Paragraph
#1
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