January 10, 1916.

The Senate was not in session to-day.

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ne Sellate was not III SeSSiOn lo-day

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 PuBIIc DEFENGEs.-3ir. Burt, from the Committee on Military Affairs, reported bill maxi lg appropriation for defensive works in the United States; which was read first and second time. and committed to com mittee of the Whole House, on the state of the Union.

 Alr. Isaac E. Holmes, chairman on Naval Affairs, reported bill to regulate the ap- poniment and promotion of officers of the United States revenue service, and for other purposes. And recommended its immediate passage Alter several intellectual motions to postpone, &c., on motion of Mr. Rath burn, the bill was referred to the committee of the Whole on the State of the Union; and was ordered to be pthted.

 Some unimporiant questions then occupi- ed the attention of the House for "a shorttme, when on motion of 3Tr. llambiin, tho House resolved itself into committee ot the Whole on the state of the Union; Mr. Iihbatts, oi Ny, in the chair, and resumed the consider alton of the oint resolution oi '.notlce to Great Britain to annul and abregale the con Yention between England and the United States, tf Aug. 6. 1927, relative to Oregon. Mir. Hunter. addressed the committee in opposition to tie resolution ahout all hour: when

 Mr. Kennedy, spoke in favor of giving the notice to Grea Britain, in handsome and eloquent speech. In conclusion of wh,e} he said, ''I have attempted to show that dHly -caIls, and interest points, to the assertion ol our rights 10 all of Oregon. 1 cannot doubt that the American Congress will respond al- 1 Grmatiyely. This is the war feeling, and the only war feeling, in the West. Ii war does come, let those who provoke it abide its cou- sequencesn On motion, the committee rose.

 IN THE SENATE.

 January l2

 MR. WEsTooTT, staed that the name oi his colleague, the honorable David Levy, had been changed, by act of the Legislature of Florida, to that of David Levy ' ulee, the latter being his patronymic, dropped by his father prior to the birth of AIr. l.. and which patronymic he was desrious of assuming The Journals of the Legislature of Florida were produced showing the act; and in be- half of his colleague, he would move here after the Secretary of the Senate, when he ! SHOuIu nave OCCdSiOH 10 uSe lle HttliG ol ttlal gentleman, he would designate him as MI. Yuee.

 The motion was agreed to.

 TARRIFF AND WARE-HoUsE SYSTEM.

 Mr CALHOUN presented theI proceedings of a meeting of the citizens of Georgetown, South Carolina, in favor of repeating the tariff act of lSl2, and of establishing the f Warehouse system; which was referred to the committee on Finance.

 l Mir DIN presented the petition of the widow of Gen. Alex Hamilton. praying for the pa- tronage of Congress in the publication of the