Session #68 · 1923–25

Speech #680193372

Subsection 10 -deals with aliens who violate the white slave traffic act and the drug act. Now. gentlemen. I do not look to see many deportations under this law. but I do expect to see a great wave of obedience to law. In the final analysis that means a reduction of taxes. Of course. if the aliens within our borders do not obey our laws. it means kicking them out of this country. and I for one heartily indorse that procedure. We have had too much crime. too many alien paupers. idiots. illiterates. criminals. scalawags. and undesirables. and the time has come for us to clean house. ship back to Europe the scum within our borders. and require every alien henceforth to obey our laws or get out. The Attorney Generals report. 1923. for fiscal year states that of prisoners received there were 1.975 foreign born and 1.511 native born. And his report for 1924 shows. there were 5.014 native born and 1.616 foreign born received as prisoners. Of these. 209 were convicted under the Mann Act. 102 under the Volstead Act. and 2.031 under the drug act. The following tables indicate in some measure the manner and extent to which the aliens have become a burden to our Government as well as a menace to our institutions: Illiterate persons. 10 years of age a4id over. 1920 Total Native Mixed Foreign parents parents born New England ------------------------- 289.700 13.185 13.759 257. 207 Middle Atlantic ------------------------- 865. 382 52.924 24. 048 760. 010 East North Central ---------------------- 495. 470 88. 793 28.390 342. 832 West North Central --------------------- 193.221 59.954 14. 678 86.760 South Atlantic -------------------------- 1.212. 942 352. 007 3. 878 39.767 East South Central ---------------------&.54. 459 299. 025 2. 626 6.457 vest South Central -------_----------- 773. 637 199.408 35. 021 128.725 Mountain ---------------------------- 132. 659 35.163 5.697 55. 422 Pacific ------------------------------- 123. 435 8.516 4. 600 86. 570 Grand total ------------------4.931.905 1.109.875 132. 697 1. 763.740 Negro illiterates. all sections. 1.842.161. Paupers in public almshouses on January 1. 1910 Total Native Foreign Negro white born 0 ther New England ---------------- 11. 886 5.997 5.706 178 5 Middle Atlantic -------------- 23. 772 11.369 11. 712 678 13 East North Central ----------- 21.358 12. 238 8.388 716 16 West North Central ------------ 6. 366 3. 644 2.371 342 9 South Atlantic ----------------- 8. 100 4. 458 644 2.578 6 East South Central ------------ 4.266 2.676 232 1.356 2 West South Central ------------ 1. 630 983 268 852 27 Mountain --------------------- 1. 652 829 791 19 13 Pacific ------------------------ 5. 862 2.415 2.993 62 92 Grand total ------------- 84.198 44.609 33. 125 6.281 183 5entenced prisoners in gcnat or reformatory iIl5t4ti~tiOn8 o.t January 1. Sentenced prisoners in. penal or reformtatory inIstitutions oil January 1. Foreign bornTotal Native N Negro Others white Num1 Per New Englad -------------M iddle Atlantic .............. E a s t N o r t h C e n t r a l . . . . . . . . . . W e s t N o r t h C e n t r a l . . . . . . . . . .
Identified stereotypes
Aliens are paupers, idiots, illiterates, criminals, scalawags, and undesirables.
Keywords matched
deportations foreign born Foreign born

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
⚠️ Yes
Confidence
100%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Economic threat Criminal

Speaker & context

Speaker
ELTON WATKINS
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
OR
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
680193372
Paragraph
#2
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