The age-herald., 1899-01-05
THE SENATE

Washington, January 1.-The first session of the senate after the holiday recess oc- cupied only fourteen minutes, although in that brief time two open sessions and an executive session was held.
 The galleries were filled with spectators before the senate convened, the general ex- pectation being that the peace treaty would be presented. The senatorial members ot the peace commission appeared on the floor and were given hearty greeting by their colleagues.
 In the absence of the vice-president, MT. Frye, of Maine, the president pro tenn, called the senate to order.
 The chaplain in his invocation said:
 I've come together under a sense of be- reavement by the absence of the senior senator of Vermont, whose wise counsel and loving presence shall no more enrich the proceedings in this chamber We bless Thee, Lord, for his noble life, for his ex- ample to men, and we pray that his spirit may ever abide within these walls"
 Davis Motion Prevailed
 Scarcely had the clerk began to read the journal of the last session of the senate when MT. Davis moved that further read ing be dispensed with. The motion pre- vailed.
 MT. Frye, who was in the chair, immedi- ately recognized Major Pruden, assistant secretary to the president who presented a message from the president of the United States. The message contained the treaty of Paris.
 On motion of MT. Davis the senate then went into executive session in order that the treaty might be referred to the com mittee on foreign relations. In a few min utes the senate reconvened in open session. and MT. Allison announced the death Of Senator Morrill,. The usual resolutions were adopted, and as a mark of respect the senate adjourned at 12:14 until tomor- row.
 THE HOUSE
 Washington, January 1.-The house spent today considering the bill to define and punish crimes in Alaska, and provide a code of criminal procedure for the territo- ry. Sixty-seven pages were completed to- day, and the bill was made continuing order until it is disposed of. not, however, to interfere with appropriation bills or other special orders.
 The house adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late Senator Morrill,. The blind chaplain in his invocation re- ferred feelingly to the critical illness of Mr. Dingley, the floor leader, and prayed 1erNentiy TOT HIS Spctuy ISCONciy.
 Under the special order adopted before the recess the house took up the consid- eration of the bill to define and punish crimes in the district of Alaska and pro- vide code of criminal procedure for the district.
 The Laugh on Moody
 The bill was prepared by the commission appointed to codify the criminal and penal laws of the United States. MT. Moody (Rep), of Massachusetts, said as the bill proposed a code of the government of dependency of the United States. 1t might be well to consider whether we were able to deal inteligently with dependencies gen erally. He then launched a bitter attack upon that section of the bill which re- pealed all existing laws relative to tbe sale of liquor in the district of Alaska and made 1t only unlawful to sell liquor to Indians. This was monstrous proposition he de- clared.
 Virtually 1t meant free rum in Alaska the sale of liquor without regulation and without restriction of eny kind Such a proposition was without parallel. It meant