Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-09-27
OF STAR
IN AMERICAN FLAG
REPRESENTING VA
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sons speech At FarnvilIc. noIo
YOU say tho incident may DO used
hy the committee. / havo no objec-
ton I" your using II, provided IL is
not based alone upon IN" statement,
FOR II has been made public. Itw
published in the Farmvlilc IIcrnII
and quoted and commented on by tho
iynchburg Ncwy.
intended that It should become
pubic property. and that there shouId
he no Issue o; vcracity botwcon r;,r
ana myself go repeated to him WIN,
ne had said In tho presence Of thcau-
dfcnce. and asked him ~ / had under
stood him correctly. and he admitted
Ashamed to Let Them Kiss Ffnr
lie said: When he was In the Bal
kans. trying 10 help and upllt, those
,niaerable people. he carried on the
front OF his automobile the American
nag. ana the women and children
would come UP and kiss tho flag.
but that he was really ashamed
To let them do this. for no felt that
he Was practiCing "a fraud upon them
To allow them to kiss nag having
upon /; Il star representing the State
of Virginia. whose government was
disgraccful as that OF the State of
Virginia
Il waited quietly until he closed.
but before the audience dispersed
called upon him 20 explain that state
mont. repeating what / had under
stood him to say He did not deny
II, hut admitted it. with an awkward
attempt to explain and which did
not explain ut all. did not discuss
l..
self with saying: Colonel Anderson.
there are men here who followed tho
nag OF Virginia for four years In tho
civil War. and those who fought for
that nag Of ours In France, and shed
their blood FOR -, and want to say
Tor them that in all our history. there
has never been n time. and there
never VIII be Il time whilst the sun
shines, that such a thing az you have
raid could be true Of the star repre-
senting our glorious old state on the
nag or our common country
with kind regards and hest wishes,
! am. Yours sincerely.
tSiEncd) GEO. j. HUNDLEY."
Commenting on the COMMUNICATION,
Mr. Flood continued:
Judge Hundlcy Is the oldest Judge
st!ll serving upon the bench In Vir-
eInia. He was a brave Confederate
soldier, followed the Immortal Lee
four years and was severely wounded
in the War Between the states.
NirEininn Leading in Hattie.
at the very moment that Colonel
Anderson felt ashamed OF his native
State. Lieutenant Robert G.. Hundlcy,
n son OF Judge Hundlcy. was dos
pcratcly wounded leading his COM
pany in the Champagne offensive, and
hc I'm in
the muck and horror of the trenches,
were suffering. bleeding and dying
for Virginia. Dying for Virginia and
for each and every other State whose
star cmhlazoned this couniry's flag.
II was not these men, dying and
ready to die. who were ashamed of
Virginia. 1t was Colonel Anderson.
Colonel Anderson, who. in perfect
safety. riding in automobiles, dressed
immaculatcly every day, attended by
chauffcurs and Wallets. spending his
time fawning on the Queen of an cf-
fctc empire and distributing money
contributed by tho charitable.
"If Colonel Andcrson's title had
been earned on the field OF battle
instead OF his having gotten it. as
distributor of charity. he would per
haps have realized something Of the
majesty and immortal honor OF this
ancient Commonwealth, and would
not he ashamed OF it.
I'm November tho people of Vir-
ginia Will have the opportunity TO
demonstrate that they arc rs mucn
ashamed of Colonel Anderson as ne
ia of Virginia. and they will do II
In his address Mr.. Flood revicwed
the record OF the Democratic party
In Virginia for the past thirty-siS
years. and showed that 1t was abb
eoiutcly honest, not even Coionel An
dcrson claiming that there was any
thing like graft or corruption in Z
Democratic administration.