Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630275239

With the new policy adopted by this House favoring restriction of iunuigratioi. favoring a literacy test that will lar out many worthy .imigrants from this country. if it should become a law. I can not see the need of spending $550.000 ou i station when there will le no immigrants coinng to Baltimore. I will agree it will be an ornamnelit to Baltimore. to have these ornate buildings erected at Fort Melcury. but where is there any need of expending at this time $550.000? Show to us that $280.000 is not adequate for the proper kind of a station. I am just as much in favor of a proper station with adequate acconmmodltions for those immigrants at all our ports as anyone in tills House. I sympa1.332
Keywords matched
immigrants literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
WILLIAM STAFFORD
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
WI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630275239
Paragraph
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