, 1861-06-10
The Senatorial Question.
the Ed.fnra nj fhe T.ribuna.

~ lAE AN-lu1t 0l lue 1E1Du0ee
In Communication published In your pa.
Per Of June ., upon the question of Senior
Douglasa successor, under the signature Of
"gne Of Tie Old Guard" oecats this Language;
You might hare ndded, also. that the Do3r.
lae men IN the late session Of the Legislature.
came to Gcv. Ya:es's rescue at critical iuuc.
TUE, when tie business of the eession IVES at
dead lock, declaring a.at1te Constitution mus
@ o1etNd In the appointment Of the Auditing
cor1lnittee in the Two Million Bill-that tie
Goyc1nor should have the appointment Of The
ea1d commission In spite Of the efforts of cer-
tain ofhis own party friends to take It away
from him." &c, dc.
Il y due to The Republican members Of tho
LeEiElatnrc. who had the responsibility Of prs-
pairing the billB to be actcd upon at the sp:cia.
session, as well as to Justice, to declare tha.
the assertions Of your correspondent are Gu
ttrely destitute Of truth and fairness,
The Two Million bill was prepared by Mr.
scammon, as Chairman Of the Finance Com
mittec, and submitted to Gov Yates and other
pesseEs coEnccled with the State Goyern1aert
on the day before the Legislature conveyed,
nnd 1ecetycd the approval of Ill of them. Il
contained no provision for an Auditing Com
mattee at al}, nor was any such Comm::tee
PROPOSED, nntl Mr.. Hoagh and some otuer
gentlemen from Chicago, who had made large
expenditures for the Volunteers in ths cmsr-
gcney Of sending troops to Cairo, came to
Springfield and found that the bills for this
dif iftnfsemeuts would, not be paid without an
Auditing Committee should be created.
A aeTa1ate bill providing for such Board
was Lien drawn ny and reported to the House
11gec BY those who had charge Of them every
dsy IN the House, and If the Democratic
members had been disposed to expedite the
business all the measures might have been
passed, and the session ended in three deys.
But the Republican members OF the Legisla.
-f SE4nno1 -
the Beginning of the session somewhat in tac
manner on recommend, about the vacancy In
the Senate. The vacant places in the Offices
OF the Houses were filed with Democrats,
and additional members of committees were
made, composed Ct q majority Of Democrats.
Tie result was that business Tas DELAYED. and
the Republicans despa!red Of action without
refc1t to party :discipllne So far from It
being true that the Douglas Democrats cane
TO the rescue Of GoT. Yates, every man Of
them voted in Committee against giving Gov.
Yates The appointing Of the auditing commit
committee to give him the appointment. It
Is due to the Republican members OF the Fl.
nance Committee to state that majority Of
them, as well as large majority of the mem
bc1s Of the Legislature did not consider
mat the constitution Was involved In
views, most Of the Republicans 1eso Wiling
to conform to bis opinions In this respect,
Experience has not proved the expeiiency
of Farry giving important political places to
is opponcnts. In the xar ef 1sl2, Tia Repub.
Offices as supported the waI, nor should We ed do o
20 now. 1hoae Democrats who support the
present administration now, do 1t from pr;n-
ciple, and 10 good can come from abandoning
the ghts for which We fought at this polls. I
ae''s m5ghs add with gHsst pEepFtsty, that the Re-
ljeT(d that f11o afTtea nf Rennfor r;ohf F,1l, IN