Session #59 · 1905–07

Speech #590162077

We sympathize with the people of the Pacific coast. We are entirely willing to give them every possible relief in this bill or in any other way that they desire. I will vote for an exclusion act tomorrow to keep the Japanese out. although I do not see why there should be such feeling against them. Senators say I am fanatical on the race question because I object to negroes governing us and that I ought to side with the white people of the Pacific coast in their objection to the Japanese. I am willing to let the Pacific coast people settle their own local affairs in their own way. and where they are threatened with an invasion of undesirable Mongolians I am willing to keep them out. if it brings war.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about 'undesirable Mongolians'.
Keywords matched
exclusion act Mongolians

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Cultural threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
BENJAMIN TILLMAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
590162077
Paragraph
#0
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