Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1898-09-03
He WAS A JlNeo.
A Plain, uavarnished, usdipio@sus
Heap-Big American lingo.

heap-btg Americas Jtngo.
Yep" said the man on the back
seat OF the trailer to his seatmate.
you've hit the bull's-eye right In the
center. That's Just what am pre-
elsely-a lingo. I'm a plain. every
day, unyarnished. undiplomatie. whole
team, heap-big American lingo .fom
Jingoville. without any renewed as
surances Of distinguished considera-
ton whatsoever. I'm glad that I'm a
lingo. I don't want to be anything
else but a lingo. George Washington
was lingo. Thomas Jefferson was =
lingo. John Hancock was a lingo.
Lincoln was a lingo. Blaine was
lingo. That's good enough company
for me I've got Just as much com
mon horse sense as you or any OF my
Seighbou have, but I'm a lingo, sll
the same. and I'm going to keep right
on being a lingo until they have cook
ed up an epitaph for my headboard. II
had the influence and the necessary
1 organizing skill I'd start In right now
and organize a political party that
would take the rank and fle OF the
taxpayers and good citizens OF this
country right on their feet-the lingo
party Of the United States OF America.
That's what I'd call Il. and you can
gamble your last pair OF hose IL would
be supported. II wouldn't be support
ed by a pack Of anarchists or WARRIOR
pillage people. either. II would be up
held by men nom Maine TO California
Just as dead square as | am myself.
and as you know am. that never
peeped from behind the bars Of a cell.
never gave man or dog the worst Of Il,
never bulldoEed a woman, never spent
cent Of other peoples money. never
did any crooked or dishonorable work
Whatsoever. men like me. that feel
like taking OF their bonnets and vay.
ing en- In the air and whooping like
Apaehes every time they get within
sight OF an American flag: men like
me. that get hoarse and ehoked up and
speechless whenever they hear The
Star spangled Banner or Hail colum-
bia. whether they're played on an &C.
Gordon or by a dinky brass band.
That's the kind OF people that would
jump in a minute under the cover OF q
national lingo party. and be darned
proud TO belong TO such a party a.
that II there hadn't been any jingos
In this country back In the days when
men wore knee pants and powdered
wigs there wouldn't have been any
United States Of America. I'm jim
30. as ! say and repeat. and III keep
on repeating Il until that place down
below freezes solid. but that doesn't
mean that I'm zap enough TO feel like
trying 10 stand on Sandy Hook point
and heaye rocks across the sea at the
walls OF Madrid. It's all tommy-rot 10
try 10 make jingoes out Of that Kind Of
people. But | was born and raised
over on this upper part Of the western
hemisphere. and 30 were all my peO-
pie for a whole long time back, and I
llSe Il and I'm stuck on It. and that's
the reason l can't understand or get
next 10 soms OF the kind Of Americans
that are hopping loose around this
country just now. that jaw about the
horrors OF var under any and all cir
cumstanceA and try to make people
like me believe that It's the real thing
FOR this country 10 lay back and take
cheap guf and side swats from all
hands asfoss the way that think they
can put Il on Us. I'd like TO see the
inside d the heads Of that kind Of pol
1vogs and jellyhsh. I'd like"
Bot what else this self-confessed
jlnge iwho looked like a pretty solid
man. too.) would like. be finished tell
Ing when he got on the car.