Session #65 · 1917–19

Speech #650266711

Shall they idly discard these parliamentary weapons? As for the West. we have racial problems of our own. The western coast standing alone without any sympathy from or understanding on the part of the East. attempted to stem the tide of oriental Immigration. and if we are now forgetful of the past. and again Congress should "attempt to impose upon the western coast an undesirable immigration. there should be power in the western Senators to stand up here anti inform the country of its duty and not be shut off in debate. Even if it took a week or two weeks. would we not be legislating. in an instance of that kind. for the ages?:. Let us. men of the West. retain our power to protect our States.
Keywords matched
Immigration undesirable immigration

Classification

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

Speaker & context

Speaker
JAMES PHELAN
Party
D
Chamber
S
State
CA
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
650266711
Paragraph
#0
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