Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-11
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
RoDERICKs TALKING MATCH WITH
A SHASTA SENATOR.
nd Stanford On the Stump-Some
Local Incidents of More or Less
Interest to Sacramento.

iced by bitter personalities. Broderick re-
pll Led to OWNS speech of two days before
(referred to in last Sundays UNIoN), and
said: WAS DR.. Gwin drunk, fellow citi-
Gems, when he addressed you night before
last, or was he mad? A voice: "A little
of both.'l DR.. Gwin would not dare to at
tempt to club me, and 1 will take the
chances of his making martyr of me. If
he was drunk his friends should have
taken him from the stand and kept him
from public view. If DR.. Gwin really
wants to do me good, he can, if he chooses,
try the clubbing business. l do not care
about being made martyr of, and will
live long time before DR.. Gwin kills me.
unless he shoots me in the back" After
Broderick had concluded long speech,
Mr.. Garter, member of the Legislature
who voted to reprimand Broderick for one
of his votes in the Senate, was called for.
Broderick had severely criticised him
during his speech, and Garter, in reply
ing, said that he had never seen
Broderick before, and he hoped to God that
he should never see or hear of him again.
He voted to instruct Broderick to sustain
the Administration and "cut loose from
Douglas and those other political rebels
who were playing merry hell with the
Democratic organization" He said he was
an old man. but he'd be id if his head
was not true and his heart sound, Brod-
erick replied that a relative of Carriers had
said that the old man was tinctured with alb
olitionism. Garter said it was id lie.
Broderick replied: "Then I'll take it all
back" Garter responded that if Broderick
repeated such a charge he'd "be id if
he didn't make another speech of two
hours length" Broderick said that rather
than suffer another such infiction he would
subside.
49,. Leland Stanford, the Republican can
didate for Governor, made speech at Iowa
Hill, OF which a UNION correspondent
wrote: "Stanford's remarks exhibited
much thought and reflection, and were de-
livered with a degree of force and truth
fulness that carried conviction to his hear
ers. His candid and straightforward way
of talking to the people made a favorable
impression, and won for him many friends
and supporters. He said the Administra.
ton party would not build the Pacific rail-
road because it would open large area of
territory to free labor. He dwelt at some
legnth and with great force upon the wan
ton abandonment by the Administration of
one of the leading and cardinal principles
OF our Government-protection to natural
lied American citizens and concluded by
calling upon the opposition to unite and
drive from its place this corrupt party
which not only disgraces US at home, but
dishonors US abroad"
$500. Large wagon trains then piled be-
tween Sacramento and Salt Lake, taking
merchandise from this city to the Mormon
stronghold. One day train of nine
wagons, drawn by sixty mules, left here for
Salt Lake.
...... Matters political had reached white
heat. Broderick had, in one of his
speeches, made some uncomplimentary al
lusions to George Pen Johnston in connec-
ton with the duel that resulted in the
death of the brilliant young lawyer, W. /.
Ferguson, and Johnston published state
ment characterizing Broderick as Fergus
on's murderer, by having instigated him to
fight the duel. Johnston concluded: "Only
the foul heart of miserable coward could
have conceived, and the psllid lips of pit
iful poltroon have uttered falsehood so
base and villainous.n
...... Horace Greeley told UNION repre-
sentative that there were at least 10000
emigrants on the plains coming to Califor-
mia, and that they had with them at least
100, 600 head of live stock.
......A man in San Francisco was exhib-
iting watch $50 years old that Garibaldi,
the Italian patriot-then engaged in the
war that was raging on Italian soil-had
soaked" when he was in San Francisco
few years before and dead broke
THE Gold Hill water works were Just
completed and Auburn provided with an
abundant supply of pure mountain water
......Charlcs Howell and three compau-
ions, of Franklin township, were coming
to Sacramento one day to attend camp
meeting, and when near HOLSTERS ranch
his wagon-pole broke, and the teamran off.
The vehicle and its occupants were dashed
against tree, and Howell severely in
jured.
Neptune Hose Company one evening
ran their carriage from Eighth street to
Front, distance of eight thirteenths of a
mile, in three minutes and twenty-nine
seconds, with twelve men on the ropes This
was at the rate of mile in 542 and the
street was quite muddy at that, having Just
been literally sprinkled.
1.-THE Anti-Lecompton Tor Douglass
County Convention made the following
nominations President of the Board of
Supervisors, B. B. Redding; Sheriff, Syl-
vester Marshall; Treasurer, G. L. Bird ::
Clerk, Jerome Madden; Clerk of the Su-
pervisors, c. G. jerks; District Attorney,
G. L. Waters; Assessor, ]. H. Humphreys;
Public Administrator, ]. H. Pugb; Cor
oner, D. Murray Surveyor, j. w. Mitch
ell; Superintendent of Schools, n. Slater :;
Senator, r. C. Clark; Assemblymen, J. G.
Goods, G. s. Berry, Henry Starr and A
Runyon. The Convention was rather 8
stormy one, Charges were made that
Waters, if elected District Attorney, would
not prosecute a certain prisoner charged
with murder, and wild scenes ensued.
Then some " malicious Lecomptonite dis
tributed cayenne pepper in the hall, and
nearly broke up the Convention.
ION the 9th OF August, while w. P.
Wilkins, of Yuba City, was addressing a
political meeting at Whites Ferry, on the
Sacramento river, he was shot and seriously
wounded by a man named May, who al
legged that wilkins had seduced his Mays
daughter. Wilkins declared his utter inno-
cence of the crime, but the enraged parent
claimed to have the proofs thereof. The
girl had mysteriously disappeared.
.....Jerome Madden, then Auditor of
Sacramento county, displayed his ability
by careful scrutiny of all claims allowed by
the Supervisors. On August 9th he re-
turned to the Board, without his approval,
several claims for printing, Constables'
fees, etc, that had passed that body. The
errors were thus corrected, and the county
not only saved a considerable sum of
money, but expensive litigation was
avoided.
IA bloodless shooting ARRAY occurred
on August 9Th between II. Beckman and
J. Sutton, on ] street, between Tenth and
Eleventh. Neither could hit the other.
The Supervisors elected the follow
ing-named policemen : ]. P. Hardy Chief,
D. H. Whipley, d. C. Gay, Samuel Deal,
John McClory, Thomas Cody, J. w. Tsy-
lor, F. T. Burke, o. A. f. Graves and VIM.
Mace.
DIR E Hsckett was attacked by John
Clarke in the Pacific Stables, on Second
street, for refusing TO drink with the latter
Hacteett drew pocket knife and cut Clarke
in the breast, but not fatally.
......El Dorado county then had two
Senators in the Legislature and eight AS
semblymen. Now she has half Senator
and one Assemblyman.
1.-THE Sacramento Supervisors granted
permission to the managers of the State
Fair of that year to close the streets and
blocks from o TO @. and Tenth to Eleventh,
for the purpose of cattle-show.
....A sportsmen's club was organized on
August Sth, with Charley Fairfax as Presi-
dent John Burton Vice President, DR.. w.
G. Proctor Corresponding Secretary, and
w. T. Grissim Treasurer. The club pro-
posed holding a grand pigeon-shooting
tournament during the State Fair, and
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