The weekly Placer herald., 1854-02-18

matter. Dav after dnv thr members Ut
the Lpyis atmrp imllutted, hut ,hry rOnId
not agree and night after night certain
demnrrai~ urged the necessity of falling
back upon the customs and usages of the
party in order To unite and elect Seiln-
tor The caucus contemplated and urged,
was fnr the election nf u U. :. Senator,
in which the votes of Senator and Repre-
sentative are on par, nv constitutional
prnvSinn, ard was not called upon to set
rle any "npw line of polmy,''-was nor in
vinlation Of hut in accordance with pre-
ceIent and party usage
Of, and prominent among The demo
Gratis " ho refused to attend the caucus,
was DAVID G.. BRODERIcx. In con~r-
qupnre Of his "bolting" and refusing To
attend the caucus no one was elected ny
thar Legislature ~ fill the place of Co
Fremont. and California had hur one Sen
ator in Congress until col. Weller took
his seat, near eighteen months afterward.
After the two Houses had been in joint
committee several days, another and more
successful attempt was made to "rhll''
ca,r,lS: eighteen democrats attended,
among the number Gov. Bgler, Stephen
J Fie d, McCorklp. Murphy, Lind, on
drirk and twelve others constituting ma
joriiu of the menhers Of the denocr tir
party IN rhr LEGISLATURE. On the first
vote taken il was found that Judge Hey
dpnfplt was the choice of a majority ot
the caucus, and wns hv unanuouS vote,
the nominee of hr heuorratl'' party. On
the next day " hen thr joint convention of
the two Houses assembled, Co Weller'>
name was Withdrawn, and the democrats.
eirhtepn in number, " no h ,d attended the
caucus, voted for Judge He,dente and
dit so during the entire session. MIR.
Brodtrirk voted for John w. Geary, and
few other democrats voted for Co FRI
mont On the evening of this day an
othpr caucus " is held Col. Fremont was
requested to submit his name :" the eau
ru> bur declined. Mr.. Brodrrirk was
requested 70 attend the rauru> bur refused
| The caucus was held, and on consultation
| it was agreed to Withdraw Judge He,
denfrlt'S nane and substitute Col Weller
Arrnrdinglv, ON the next day. Col. Wei
Ter wa. rp-nonnairh and Judge ttydeu-
telt withdrawn. Col Weller received al
the votes of the democrats hn attended
the caucus D. G. Brndrrick, again re-
fusing 10 he bound by the d. ri~ion of n
mn,oritv of the democratic members in
ra,Irus. voted for John W. Geary. hu-
Coz. Fremont hy refusing tn submit his
name and his claims 70 the caurn>. and ID
| E. Brodprirk and two or three other rene
gadp democrats boiling and refusing "at
tend the caucus or abide h, It's decision de-
fpatpd the .lrrtion of u. = Senator in The
year nf our Lord, 1851 - "ee Jnurn"l of
The Legi> ature for 1851, page 1878 t"
1888. where Mr.. BrnhfrIrk'S votes will
he found recorded ~ ahovp stated
On The eighth day Of rhr join, ronven-
tiou. Mr.. Moore, the whiy canhidate for
Congress in 1851. and the warm supr"rtpr
of r. Butler King, for the L. :. Snnnie,
moved that the Senatorial question he
postponed until the meeting at the next
Lpcis at,rp. With th. fact staring Them
IN the face that Ca!inrnin would he un-
represented on the floor of The Senate for
n period over one year, - few democrats
joined with rhe higs and The question: Of
poS'poneuent was carrled.
We find that Mr.. Broderirk refused rs
attend a caucus of democrats, ~ us now
see how and with whom he voted on thr
question of pn>tpnnement.
On page 1857 of The Journal of 1851,
will be found record of the t"llo"in.
vote the names in small capitals are dean
orraiS, those IN ita ics wings.
For pn~'ponpmruf, ID G. BRoD RICK,
Cook, Douglass. HeydpnfcH. GREEN,
TingIey. W'RNEt and NO d'worih--
four dpu,ncra'> and four whig>
Against posfph,rrltent, ADAMS, CROSBY,
Dr. Ia GUERRA, FosTrR, LIPPtNCoTT,
Miller, V>N Blu EN-aIi democrats.
Thus we find thar in 1851 Mir. Broder
rk voied uiih III whigs to postpone the
4lertlon of u. :. Senator, though II
vacancy was about to occur IN a few days,
and the State left with but one R-presen
tativp IN he Senate of the United States.
l hen he aud his friends ware willing Ia
run The chances Of there being ''a ma ar
ity If " higS IN the next Legislature t."-
! he modern aud very convenient question
"f "party policy" had not dawueh upon
their v -ion-tbr great fear lest the Ley
i>lafnr- Immediately preceding or follow
ing the expiration 0f n Senar"ria :rrn
ia; ing To elect had not vibrated upon their
patriotic nerves. Mr.. Brnd+rick and his
fir ends did not then consider il high frra
son to he Democratic partN TO br found
voting with the whig members ct the SEN
ate in order 10 p">ipone the Senatorial
election, nor did they then dream Of helng
denounced aS ''BoLlEIs" because they
refused to attend Il legitimate caucus OF
The Democratic members Of the Legl>la-