The Washington herald., 1921-10-02
COL.H.W.ANDERSON
REFUTES ALLEGED
SLUR AT U.S.FLAG
Says His Remarks Ap-
piled Only to Vir-
ginia Politics.
fsp.ciai to The ws.hins ton Her.ld.)

RICHMOND, va, Oct' H. ~ -
Iitical campaign in Virginia has ar
rived at the stage Of charge ana
denial. counter-charge and counter
denial, the sensation of the week
being the claim that Col. II. w. An
dersonI Republican candidate TOT
governor, at Farmville had mace
a speech in which he is credlteo
with the statement that when ne
was in the Balkans trying to heip
uplift those miserable people ne
carried on the front of his automo-
bile the American flag. and women
and children would, come up ana
kiss the flag. but that he was really
ashamed to let them do this for ne
"felt that he was practiclnG
fraud upon them to allow them 10
kiss a flag having upon 1t star rep
resenting the State of virginia
whose government was so unre-
publican and so disgraceful as that
of the State of Virginia"
Col. Anderson says he did not
utter such sentiments.
Judge George ]. Hundley, Of the
Fifth judicial circuit. says he did.
Judge Hundley, intending that the
address at Farmville should become
public property. repeated to Col.
Anderson what he had said to the
audience. and asked him il he un-
derstood him correctly and says he
admitted It.
Charge and Denial.
Judge Hundley's report of the
speech came out during the week in
correspondence with the Democratic
State committee and Col. Anderson
lat Martinsvillc denied that he had
ever made an address in which he
expressed himself as ashamed Of the
star in the American flag which
represented Virginia He said he
had read reports of the alleged
statement. but did not deem it of
sufficient Importance to reply to be-
| cause II was absurd on it's face.
Il have never said l was ashamed
| Of our flag or the star which stood
| for Virginia: nor have l said any
| thing which by any reasonable in
| depreciation could so he construed,
IT Farmville or elsewhere. l have
never had such a thought. In my
aGdress at Farmvile | spoke OF
I the ideals for which our flag has
I
| to the flag and of the reverence
| with which it was regarded in for
| eign countries. I did say it was
| humiliating; that the political sys-
| tenn in this State was not in ac-
! cord with these ideals but a denial
| of them. When 2t the conclusion
Of my remarks, judge Hundley
asked me if I was ashamed OF
the star that represented Virginia,
/ amphatiCally replied: L have said
nothing of the kind and that
yielded to no one the first place in
devotion to the flag. l further said
that the flag stands for the high
est ideals for which l live, while
in my view the present political
system in Virginia did not conform
to these ideals and that my pur-
rose was to make our political
system express the ideals for which
that flag has always stood. Amy
suggestion that l have said that
was ashamed of the flag or of Vir-
Einia is not only untrue, but il Is
an obvious effort to pervert a state
ment to partisan purposes and can
deceive no one "
In his keynote speech at Clint
wood. Senator f. Lee Trinkle, Dem
ocratic candidate for governor. de-
clared that the Republican program
means negro rule in Virginia and
that the G. o. P. platform is a
menace to the State. He came out
strongly for the present State con-
stitution, for retaining the prepay
ment of poll taxes cs a prerequis-
its for voting and defended at
length the record of the Democratic
party since it wrested the State
from Republican rule following the
readjustment movement forty year
ago. He pledged himself to use his
best offices to secure a fair and
just reapportionment of the State
for legislative and Congressional
purposes