Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630131927

Mr. Speaker. those gentlemen who favor this rule seem to have taken the position that was suggested by the gentleman from Kansas . that there is in the country today such a condition of unemployment that a great emergency demands the exclusion of all immigrants. I have not had the opportunity. Mr. Speaker. to travel through the larger parts of the country through which the gentleman from Kansas has probably traveled in his wanderings. but I have seen conditions in my own State of Massachusetts. and I have some clear conception of the real conditions existing up there. During October last. particularly.
Keywords matched
immigrants

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM MURRAY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630131927
Paragraph
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