People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1896 — The gold bugs are on the run. [ARTICLE]

The gold bugs are on the run.

Free Silver In New York. Irish World: One of the most astonishing phases of the silver movement has obtruded itself with startling suddenness upon the notice of observing politicians in the state of New York. The Empire state has been regarded as the very citadel of the gold standard. Its republican leader claims the gold plank in the party platform as his handiwork. But a few days have, passed since New York’s triumphant gold men have returned from St. Louis, and we hear strange murmurs from the rural counties of New York. Silver leagues are springing up like mushrooms in a single night. Men have been thinking the matter over individually, it seems, for some time. No one suspected this silent sentiment until it became so universal in certain portions of the state that organization naturally follows. In other words, an unorganized movement has developed into a formidable organization by a process resembling spontaneous combustion. It is the kind of movement which cannot be checked, because it proceeds from individual conviction. The voters of western and northern New York are 'owning out against the gold standard irrespective of party, and no power in politics can turn them from their new-born purpose. The rising tide of bimetallism in the state of New. York is one of the most astounding manifestations of sound political morality,in the hearts of the people that has come to prominent notice in many years.