Session #59 · 1905–07

Speech #590031777

He displayed here a great deal of learning. He demonstrated to his own entire satisfaction that under a Republican protective tariff this country had gone to everlasting destruction in all its business interests. and the laboring people had especially been impoverished. But he was immediately followed by the distinguished gentleman from Kentucky . who was especially eloquent in talking upon the subject of immigration to this country. and with equal powers of speech and of analysis he demonstrated that our conditions here in this country were so peculiarly in the interests of the laboring people that the AustroHungarian poor laborer came over here for the purpose only of getting rich. and that through a single bank alone in this country these people who came here in competition with our own people have been able to send over to Hungary $149.000.000 of their earnings to buy 10.000 acres of highpriced lands there. I was troubled to know what our own Yankee skilled laborers. who can outwork and outmanage the Hungarians in making money and in accomplishing thingsI was wondering what these people were doing while the poor Hungarian laborers. which the gentleman from Kentucky denounced as unfit to be in the country. were getting these millions. unless the Yankee laborers were getting a little of these same millions out of the work. It was troublesome for me to put these two speeches together.
Identified stereotypes
Hungarian laborers are described as both poor and successful at earning money.
Keywords matched
immigration

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Mixed
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOSEPH KEIFER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
OH
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
590031777
Paragraph
#0
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