Omaha daily bee., 1908-05-31
ACTUAL IRISH RULER
Treasury Remembrancsr Holds Purse
Strings Of Island.
LITTLE HEED PAID TO HIS COMING
People Find Soon Enough He Has
Been Among Them.
DEGREES ROBBERY OF TAXPAYERS
Says Absolutely What Money Shall Be
Taken to England.
MIsER's PECULIAR LIFE STORY
Amassea large sum hr Money Lend
ing and Leaves LsEaeies for
Borrowers and Money
for Charity.
People Find Soon Enough He Has
Been Among Them.
DEGREES ROBBERY OF TAXPAYER
Says Absolutely What Money Shall Be
Taken to England.
MIsER's PECULIAR LIFE STORY

DUBLIN. May so-Cspeciai.)-Littlen notice
has reen taken. either IN Irish OF the Eng
nsh press ~ the important fact that q new
governor has been Installed in Ireland. All
thai has appeared, ir fact. has been a
short announcement that Mr. Hewhy Of
Clapham. London. has been appointed
iressur-- remennbrancer for ireland and
mas assumed his duties. There was no
guard Of honor 10 meet him al the quay
his arrival and escort him 10 his hotel No
admiring deputations waited on him 10 vel
come him 10 his new kingdom. Mr.. Hewby
himself did not seem 20 expect any of these
formaiities He simply Jumped into a cab
and drove 10 an hotel and the next day
made his appearance in g small room in
Dublin castle and began to govern Ire
land
II has been popularly supposed that the
lord lieutenant OF the chief secretary. or
perhaps ever the chief commissioner Of
police or the general commanding the
Irish district. was the real governor Of
ireland None Of these highly ornamental
officials, however. has half the real power
OF Mr. Hewby. and Mr. Hewby wears
neither a uniform nor a cooked hat and
sword. Furthermore. he has no title and no
Influential connections. But he holds the
power Of the purse. and il is his duty to
superintend the plundering Of ireland for
the benefit Of the English treasury.
Mr.. Hewby Financial Agent.
The treasury remembrance is the rep
resentative Of the English treasury in Ire
hand. The lord Lieutenant cannot employ
extra gold-laeed footman at the castle,
nor the chief secretary a junior clerk with
out Mr.. Hewbys consent II the commits
sioner OF police wants half-a-dozen more
constables he must ask Mr.. Hewby and
the commanding general. ever, must come
TO him II he wants extra barrack accom-
mediation. Mr Hewby is the mar who ad-
justs the delicate financial relations be-
tween England and ireland, and who de-
cides what share Of the taxes paid By the
Irish people shah be devoted to Irish puT-
poses and what snare shall go TO
tighter taxsticniE England The royal COM
rnissioll which sat in 1854 said then that
we were taxed about sl5O00.e0o a year more
than our share. Then we paid about - 50
Per year a head, and now the amount has
grown TO about Sll- one OF Mr. Hewby' $
duties viii b. to see that the growth con-
tinuse. He decides each year what proper
ti0n % the taxation raised from excise
duties shall be devoted 10 local purposes
In England the local authorities receive
back Sl9S for every 1909 raised by excise
axes while in ireland the local authorities
receive only SO There are a number OF
other little matters like thai all Of which
will be in charge Of Mr.. Hewby. II is
strange, then, that such an important per-
sonage was SO sighted on his arrival in his
lew kingdom.
Fate of Money Lender.
A remarkable story Of the life and death
e. a niser and money lender who how
ever was never accused OF undue hardness
10 his creditors has just been told in the
Dublin courts in the attempt 10 upset the
ISin ci the late Banker Patterson Of
-sburu Patterson. who died early this
lear. left about s90o00s. all OF which had
been amassed By money Lending. He be-
gan life as q hand loom weaver and soon
began 10 lend small sums. charging a uni
form rate Of interest Of cents a week
for every IS cents Soon he was able 10
give up his weaving and devote himself
solely 10 bis money-lendlng business,
which he conducted with great skill and
shsewdneEs. although he was quite Hitter
ate. As he became richer he extended the
Ecope Of his business. lending money to
farmers and merchants. He invariably
inspected snd valued the security himself
His viii. which was the subject Of the
contest. was Characteristic OF the man
money AZ the time OF his death. on eondi
ton that they paid up promptly when th'
debt was due. and the residue Of his es-
tate. subject 10 a life interest for his aged
sister. was left 10 various churches and
charitable organizations. The viii wal
contested by his brother, but after mos
Of the leading residents OF LAsburn hat
TESTIFIED that the old man was eminents
sane and shrewd 10 the last the document
was upheld.
LePrechaun Plays Harp.
The lsprechaun. whose appearance nea'
KHlough, County Westmea1h. I reported
few weeks ago. has been seen severs
times again By the children OF the loca
school The last time he had absndone,
his traditional little red coat and Peake,
hat and vas dressed in white and va
playing on a harp. Al least a dozen chill
dren declare positively that they saw hin
and the teacher OF the local school frsnkl
admits 1hst he is puzzled i have nevs
known these children 10 lie, he says
and ! am sure they have seen somtthins
but What il is do not know They hsv
taken me out 20 see the leprechaun sew
sral times but he has always dodged iPs
although The children have declared wit
every appearance of sincerity that the
saw him when they were with me an
have tried 10 point him out 10 ne
A much-needed effort 20 populariEe Ire
land - rescr. fc- tosVists 70 t0 bv mao
by the Irish Hotel and Tourist association
which has just been meeting in Dublin
Ireland is rich In places Of natural beauty
tut little effort is made 10 bring peopl
% see them. and when tourists do com
Fthey find IN most cases that the hcoommo
dalton Is so bad that they do not pay
return visit Switzerland and the Isle q
Man neither Of which has any natura
fyantaees over Ireland, make large sum
~ Fry season from the tourist traffic tn
association decided 20 undertake. a can
paign OF advertisement for lrelEnd's nsi
ural beauties IN Enginad ana on the cor