Volume 17 , Issue 25

NW Okie's Journey

The Alva Goldbugs are not the only high school mascots known as the "Goldbugs." It was about eleven years ago that we mentioned the Kansas mascot Kensington, Kansas. Kensington and Alva both based their Goldbug mascots on Edgar Allen Poe's short story, The Goldbug, written in 1843. There was also another Goldbug mascot from Fowler, Kansas. The Fowler, Kansas Goldbug was like Alva's Goldbug, a beetle.

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Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! The clouds started forming late this afternoon in Houston, Texas, and it was getting hotter. Thank goodness my human keeps this short-nosed Pug in an air-conditioned environment.

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Politically What Was A Gold Bug of the 19th Century?

As to the McKinley Goldbugs, What is a Gold Bug? "Gold Bug" was the popular name given to Democrats who split with their party over the silver issue in 1896 and supported the gold standard as the basis of U.S. monetary policy.

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McKinley's Goldbugs vs. Silver Bow (1896)

We take you back to 18 September 1896, Friday, in The Philipsburg Mail, in Philipsburg, Granite county, Montana when the Silver men were the majority in control and the Gold men were in the minority. The Republicans State convention had convened in Helena, Montana after an exciting session nominated their state ticket.

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Silver Monetization Will Cure (1896)

It was in The Progressive Farmer, dated 7 July 1896, in Winston, North Carolina, that mentioned this page 8 headline: "Silver Remonetization Will Cure" (correspondence of the Progressive Farmer, Part II).

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The Populist Party

The Populist Party was formally known as the National People's Party, was formed in 1892 to represent the interests of southern and western farmers who were particularly stressed in the 1890s by high interest rates on loans, severe drought in the Midwest, a high rate of foreclosure of farm mortgages, and unfair railroad shipping rates for their products.

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1896, October - Gold Bug Argument

It was in The Labor World, dated 17 October 1896, that we found this "Gold Bug Argument," where Teddy Roosevelt, the fellow with an eye-glass, who reformed the police force of New York, called the silver men "Shiftless, vice, hopelessly ignorant and thick-headed."

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William McKinley & Goldbugs Campaign For President (1896-1900)

Let us look back to 1896 and try to understand the Goldbugs who were backing William McKinley's first presidential campaign. The gold standard was an important issue. Opponent William Jennings Bryan advocated departure from standard, issuing more money, especially coinage in silver. McKinley's stand was to remain with gold standard. The "Gold bug" became a symbol in campaign.

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