Mr. President. upon a careful examination of this clause I confessand it may be possible that my mental machinery is not capable of grasping the subject presentedthat I .can not understand the scl pe and the purpose of the provision. I presumie. in view of what has been said. that it is a proposition relating to the exclusion of certain undesirable Asiatic people froit our shores. It appears to tie that it question of such import. a question involving the rights and welfare of several million people in the western part of this continent. should lve some kind of tflirmative legislation. instead of the indirect. vague. uncertain. and inexplicable clause which has been hastily inserted in this bill. We had pefiding during the last session of Congress the rate bill. which was discussed here during several months.