Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630132971

The trouble lies not in the influx of too many foreigners. but in their locating in the big cities. And I believe the time is comingand soon. toowhen the problem of distributing them over the country will be successfully solved. The people of my district are opposed to this bill. : have received numerous protests. written and oral. against its passage. and fewbut very fewhave asked me to vote for it. I sincerely hope it will be defeated. as it deserves to be. because the literacy test it provides is undesirable and unjust. and it will keep from our shores the unskilled labor we need in the great work of developing our resources. I
Keywords matched
literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat

Speaker & context

Speaker
CHARLES COADY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MD
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630132971
Paragraph
#1
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