Session #62 · 1911–13

Speech #620314667

Why not put a large head tax oi1 the incoming immigrants. says the next man. The answer is this. Mr. Speaker. All those remedies have been discussed year after year. They were all thrashed out before the Immigration Commission which investigated this question at home and abroad. Many of the members of the Immigration Commission at first believed in methods other than the educational test. I understand that Prof. Jenks. of Cornell. and Dr. Neill. of the Bureau of Labor. were at first inclined toward restrictive policies different from the illiteracy test. Finally every single man on that commission. with the exception of Hon.
Keywords matched
immigrants Immigration head tax

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
AUGUSTUS GARDNER
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
620314667
Paragraph
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