Session #63 · 1913–15

Speech #630378289

If the Senator from North Dakota will :refresh his memory .a -bit. -he will recall thatthis -very :phase of the question was discussed in committee. It was suggested that there might possibly be some mental defect that would escape observation either at the time of the foreign inspection or of the American Inspection which the steamship company hereby proposed to be muilcted could not possibly detect. but which might manifest -itself after the im: migrant arrived. I hardly *thhik it wodild be fair to .incorporate a confusing and bungling provision under which -a defect which it was practically impossible for those abroad to detect should be made.the basis of a penalty when in all good .faith the transportation:company was attempting to comply with the provisions ofthe law.
Keywords matched
migrant

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
ELLISON SMITH
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
630378289
Paragraph
#0
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