The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-14

able stone to mark the spot where Brod-
ericl1 fell has caused renewed interest in
California in the most famous, important,
and dramatic duel ever fought on the
Pacific coast
OF all duels that have occurred in this
state none compares in deep interest and
historic Importance with the Broderic!k
Terry affair. Many Eastern tourists IN
California every winter drive out a dozen
miles or so from San Francisco solely 20
look upon the spot where Senator Brod-
erick was mortally wounded. The result
of the duel was felt in Pacific coast poll
ties and society for q generation. The
death of an and-slavery man like Senator
Broderick at the hands of q pro-slavery
advocate was the prime factor in rousing
the latent abolition sentiment of the coast
and did much toward keeping California
in the Union during the civil war, which
opened eighteen months later.
The duel took place on Sept. u, 1889, at
a ranch owned by William Higgins and
known as the Laguna MERGED, in San
Francisco county, two miles from the bay
shore. Senator Broderick was hand
some, dashing young man, strong de-
pater and popular orator. Few political
AS'N-i<SNNA
their followers. He WAS the head and
front of the Stephen A Douglas Demo-
Gratis in California. He was the son Of @n
Irish stone cutter, and was born in Wash
ington IL 1920. His father worked upon
the marble columns in the United States
Senate chambers close 10 where the son
afterward sat as the youngest member Of
the Senate. Broderick was well-known
orator and politician in New York city
before he was so, in the days Of the vol
unteer fire departments. David S. Terry
was former Chief Justice of the Su-
preme court of California, q tall, silent,
proud man from Mississippi. He was
scholarly and rich. He had been the lead
er of the Democrats of California until
young Broderick appeared The Demo-
Gratis in the new state who had come to
California from Northern states 1ockcd
about Broderick, and the Democrats from
the south were in Judge Terry's wing Of
the party.
CAUSE OF THE DUEL.
Senator BroderlcI voted at Washington
in 1855 against the admission Of Kansas
as q state under the Lecompton consti-
tuition and he took in that congress a
still stronger stand with the anti-slaVery
Democra IS. The enmity Of the Broderick
and Terry factions became deeper. In
July, 1879, Judge Terry, IL q OS-LOcTd tIS
state convention at Sacramento, de-
nounced Brode'ick's course in the senate,
and called him in q public speech an
arcF-trai:or, who led a band OF cat
throat Democrats, who took the honor
able name OF Douglas to hide their
shame"
: The speech was reported in the Sacra-
mento Union. Senator Broderjck read it
as he sat q breakfast al the Internation-
al hotel III San Francisco a few mornings
later lie suddenly turned and said to
D. w. Fcrley, a well known lawyer and
friend Of Judge Terry:
Il see that your friond Terry has been
abusing ne again. He's made a con-
teinptIble speech at Sacramento about
me and my associates. I now take back
the remark I once made that he was the
only honest judge on the supreme bench.
I was his friend when ne was in need of
friends, Tor which I am sorry. Had the
vigilance committee disposed OF him as
they did Of others they would have done
q righteous act
BroGerck referred 70 the arrest OF
Judge Terry in the summer Of 1896, by the
San Francisco vigilants on the charge OF
stabb!ng a policeman in a mob's attempt
to free g murderer nEmsd Maloney In
his efforts &c escape Punishment from