Session #64 · 1915–17

Speech #640260974

I want to say that*I would to God that you could have had the German and the Irish and the Belgian and the Italian in the Southland. for if you had you would have made better progress than you have. though you have made great progress as it is. I can not understand why it is that we are so anxious to close the doors. and while I am not a prophet nor the son of a prophet. in the near future if you pass this law it will be repealed. as it ought to be repealed. Oh. you may say that organized labor or those who lead organized labor do not want this immigration to come. I fail to understand why it is that men who have come here and have become naturalized are so ready to shut the door in the face of their relatives and friends. It is not for me to help them. because I have been here a little longer than some of them have. I can not say much about the matter.
Keywords matched
immigration naturalized

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Irish Belgian Italian
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic contributor

Speaker & context

Speaker
JOSEPH CANNON
Party
R
Chamber
H
State
IL
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
640260974
Paragraph
#2
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