Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-09-07

Raleigh. N. c., Sept. Colonel
|John r. Lane, the surviving colonel Of
5the famous Twenty-sixth North Caro-
lima Regiment. who was here to attend
Ethe Vance unwilling ceremonies. has
igone home. The Twenty-sixth North
lCarolina Regiment ranks as the great
lest regiment the world has ever
|lknown. 1t had three colonels-Zebu-
ION Baird Vance, Harry Hill Burgwyn
|fand John II. Lane, the last the only
ls5urvivor. Colonel Lane has never been
IL politician or asked for office. Speak
ling yesterday. he said: LAS to North
carolina. this race question Is settled
when the amendment goes into effect.
|jNow we want to arrange that no ne
jlgro officials shall hold office in the
DSouth. We will give Mr. Mckinley
land Mr.. Anybody else to understand
that they shall not appoint negroes
TO office over U.S."
HOLTON'S RESIGNATION.
4 a. T.. Holton, who for the past six
5years has been chairman of the Re
publican State COMMITTEES, has resign
Jed. His resignation was not uneX-
Epected. as there had been no little
dissatisfaction with his management.
In fact. there was a desire on the part
,iof not few of his party that Sena-
ltor Pritchard should be elected this
Jyear as chairman. Pritchard is now
{elected to the position. 1t is said this
LIS only temporary. but it will no doubt
Lhold good during the national cam
fJpaign. 1t is rather novel thing that
zach of the Senators should be a State
chairman. Butler holding that rela-
|tion to the Populists.
u THE REPUBLICANS ACTIVE.
L There appears TO be no doubt that
Ifhe Republicans will make n strenuous
effort to poll their full vote this year.
They say so and yet in a despairing
|way. The negroes know now that the
'Nhite Republicans do not intend that
fhey shall hold Office. This Is the Sc
'cret of negro apathy. Scores of ne
isroes are heard to say: II don't care
In cent about voting. What good does
lit do me-" Yet the white Republicans,
BADLY ratified and heavily handicapped
as they are, will try once again to
the negro.
7 SALVATION ARMY PREACHER.
I The Salvation Army people are maxi
Ing inquiries about Robert Porter, who
us one of their preachers. and this
,brings to mind n romance in real life.
lTwenty-six years ago Scott Partin, a
swhite man who lived south or here,
I;murdered his wife and baby. cut their
bodies To pieces and sunk them in n
swamp near spring. The murderer
was outlawed and search was made
Tor him far and near. 1t was long
afterwards said that he was for q time
mile from Raleigh. being fed there by
a kinsman. Twelve years ago a depu-
sty sheriff brought to the jail here a
imam whom he and others as we'll
Istood ready to swear was Partin. And
Llhis prisoner proved to be much more
than a nine days wonder. He said
he had served in the United States
army. 1t was true. He said he was an
flrishman. That was true and more,
Tor he was Il member OF a noble fam
IL. 10. H.
all over the country had much to say
Iiabout him. Then inquiries began to
come from his noble relatives through
5the Department of State at Washing
iston, and also through British consuls.
But by that time Porter was gone, like
the globe trotter that he Is, and no one
There had heard a word of him until
the almost equally forgotten Salvation
iArmy made its inquiry. 1t shows the
extent of human crcdulty perhaps to
say that there are some even now who
say they believe Porter was really Par
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