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Show WASHINGTON. NominAtiona CnncnsHinff 'I' lie Treasury Department. Washington, 9. The president has nominated JJDaniol H. Pardee United States district judge of Louisiana; Wm. L. Burt postmastor of Boston; Albert G. Tower, ol Michigan, paymaster pay-master in the army. The republican caucus discussed theaublcctof sergeant-at-arms, aud Charles G. Kennedy, of New York, was pressed to Bticceed French, the present incumbent.who was elected in 1807 over Kennedy. The question will bo settled at the meeting of tho caucus on Thursday; also whether it is expedient to make other changes. It is intimated at the treasury do- 1 partment that tho contemplated call tor the retirement ol thirty millions of bonds on account of the sinking fund will not he made for a day or two, and it iB not yot decided what number of bonds will be called. Governor Brooks of Arkansas and i ex-representative Poland had an interview in-terview with tho president to-day. Booth'B advent in the Ben;tte, to- f day, where he was quite generally introduced in-troduced by Sargent and Hager, at tracted much notico, both on the floor and the galleries. He declares himself opposed to the Hawaiian treaty on the ground that it would injure tho California refiners without cheapening the price of sugar. The fricudd of the reciprocity admit that while of course it would not cheapen crushed sugar, as no provision is made for its free admission, yot it would certainly lessen the price of brown sugar. Thoy also oipress great surprise sur-prise that Booth, after being elected on tho an ti -monopoly platform, should labor to uphold tho acknowledged acknow-ledged monopoly . of San Francisco sugar refiners. Booth's assignments to committees i in accordance with the general rule that a new senator is not given a place on more than one committee of importane. Kelly, at the request of his democratic demo-cratic colleagues, goes on the raiimad committee, notwithstanding one senator sen-ator from Oregon, Mitchell, has already al-ready been assigned to it by the republicans. re-publicans. Kelly relinquishes his position on tho military committee, but remains on public lands. |