Session #59 · 1905–07

Speech #590162955

If I believed. as does the Senator from Georgia iand as does the Senator from South Carolina [ir. TILUr\AN] that lthe proposed amendments would. if adopted. handicap or eibarrass the South ii its efforts to secure foreign imluigration through State prllolotibu and aid. I would vote against concurIence in tie report. as Inuch as I would regret to Opplose a leas ure which Seinators from the West think offers their section protection against tin influx of lleap Japanese coolie labor. Mr. Presideint. in these conditions I have decided to vote for the bill as anlended by the conferees because. after careful study of it.
Keywords matched
coolie

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Japanese
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
FURNIFOLD SIMMONS
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
NC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
590162955
Paragraph
#1
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