Session #59 · 1905–07

Speech #590120212

There is going to be offered under a later section a provision for a commission to study this whole subject. So far as the facts go now. the argument Is with us. The argument can not be against us if the commnission proposition be adopted. There can not anybody show why $3 should be added. and I trust the amendment offered by the gentlenan from Minnesota will be adopted. A head tax which has produced a surplus of two and a half million dollars ought to be let alone. and these poor people should not have money extorted and squeezed from them by a Government which ought to be rich enough to raise money in some other and more reputable way.
Keywords matched
head tax

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM BENNET
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
NY
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
590120212
Paragraph
#0
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