Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640066736

Mr. Chairman. yesterday as tie debate upon this immigration question proceeded I sat here and listened- with great attention to the discussion indulged In by the advocates of this measure. hoping to hear some plausible argument fall from their lips in justification of the literacy test which this bill proposes. Several of the- gentlemen who whipped their- minds into a torrent of enthusiasm for this literacy feature are careful to correct and revise their- remarks. and- as a consequence. they do not appear in the RECORD tils morning. In the printed! remarks of the gentleman from North Ca roli na [Mr. H0OD].. a memberof the Committee on Immigration. there appears a quotation from the speech of Ion. W. Bourke Cock-
Keywords matched
Immigration immigration literacy test

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
80%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
AMBROSE KENNEDY
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
RI
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640066736
Paragraph
#0
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