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Show Appointment The Louisiana Coiiiereuce Senate Commit-tecs. Commit-tecs. Washington, 8. The president has nominated D. B. Wade chief justice of Montana. Representative Wheeled received this morning from New Orleans Ins . articlesof adjustment, signed by forty- four members ol the conservative cau-i cau-i cus an ample number to secure the desired result. He at once telegraphed Governor Kellogg to forward by ex-i press to New York the papers now in J the office of the secretary of state, which were used in the contested cases before the returning board in' November last. The referees will meet on Thursday next at the office of Wm. W. Phelps New York, and proceed with the hearing. The republican senators held a caucus cau-cus this afternoon to receive the report re-port of the caucus committee appointed appoint-ed to revise the membership of the committees. The senate list w;is read through, and after Bund ry members had expressed their preference lor different dif-ferent assignments, the report was recommitted re-committed for the purpose of some changed, nnd will be presented to an adjourned meeting oi the caucus tomorrow to-morrow for final action. The following follow-ing chairmanships may, however, be considered settled: Conkling, commerce; com-merce; Hamlin, postoffice and post roads; Wright, claims; Spencer, District Dis-trict of Columbia; Hitchcock, territories; terri-tories; West, rulroada; Sargent, mines aud mining; Boutwell, civil service and retrenchment ; Jones, contingent expenses. Jones will be given a place on the finance committee, com-mittee, and Kernan will also be placed on the finance committee to succeed Fonton. The chairmanship of other important committees being occupied by senators who hold over will not be changed. A number ol senaters are of the opinion that the Pinchback question ques-tion being again under discussion the session will continue two weeks although al-though they can see no propriety in discussing a matter so well understood, under-stood, but they suppose some new senators may desire to express their views. The Hawaiian treaty they think could be disposed of in less than two days, and all nominations in much shorter time. |