Session #69 · 1925–27

Speech #690048666

It is the system of government desired by the great business interests of the country who prefer to come down to Washington and quietly secure what they want from some obliging bureau official instead of having to get legislations through both branches of Congress. elected by the people and responsible to their constituents. We have already surrendered too many legitimate functions of local and State government. The Federal Government is beginning to monopolize the entire field of executive jurisdiction. Our emigrant forefathers came to America to escape centralized government. but Congress is abandoning the principles of local selfgovernment reserved by the Constitution to the States and the people. It is driving back toward centralized government as fast as whip and spur can take us. The enactment of the EsehCummins law transferred from the Congress to a Federal commission its jurisdiction over rates and transportation on interstate carriers.
Keywords matched
emigrant

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Neutral
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
70%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Legal / procedural

Speaker & context

Speaker
CLARENCE CANNON
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
MO
Gender
M
Date
Speech ID
690048666
Paragraph
#0
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