The gentlemen favoring this amendment. from observation and experience. may be able in all instances to detect racial differences. but conductors and motormen are not experts of the same experience and ability. This is a cosmopolitan city. where Hawaiians. Filipinos. East Indians. Cubans. Turks. and Armenians reside. Ambassadors. ministers. and consuls are here from South American and Asiatic nations with their retinues and servants. But few of them are as white as northern Europeans. who constitute the basis of our population. The rigid enforcement of this " Jim Crow" car amendment might lead to mistakes and international complications. and then there would be friction.