Session #61 · 1909–11

Speech #610003804

Knappen filed from this interested witness. I want to call attention further to his witnesss testimony and see whether or not he is to be relied upon. even in the statement he has made. He says further in his testimony: With reference to Chinese immigration. I would say that there has been in force for some time a head tax of $500 on every Chinaman coming into the country. and this is practically prohibitive. as the returns for the past few years demonstrate. Let us see whether he states the truth about that or not. I turn over in the hearings to page 3170. and find there a statement made by Mr.
Keywords matched
immigration head tax

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM HUMPHREY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
610003804
Paragraph
#0
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