Session #59 · 1905–07

Speech #590059668

We are agreed. all of us. upon the sound proposition that that alien who embraces citizenship is the most desirable. This being so. obviously it is sound policy to convert as many as we can into citizens. This can not be done with any degree of success if you insist in erecting a barrier in the path to naturalization which the alien will find Impossible to get over. How much better to allow him to enroll In our great book of citizenship. even if. having been denied an opportunity to educate himself under an unwholesome monarchical government. he is incapable of reading and writing. While I believe it unwise to make lack of education an obstacle in the way to citizenship.
Keywords matched
naturalization

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOHN KELIHER
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
590059668
Paragraph
#2
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