Session #59 · 1905–07

Speech #590162185

Mr. President. I had started to say something about the provision of this bill which relates to the Japanese question. and I had progressed far enough to announce my belief that anything relating to schools and local affairs of that kind ought to be settled by the people interested. and that mqs to all matters affecting the entry into this country of an undesirable class of immigrants. the people interested ought to settle that in large measure. coupled. of course. with the general policy of the nation. We have had four race problems as a people. We dealt with the Indians. or. rather. our grandfathers did. and where are they?
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
BENJAMIN TILLMAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
590162185
Paragraph
#0
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