Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-29

very positive man, and when his solu-
ton OF the Irish problem to which he
was rejected he threw up his hands, con-
cluded that he was not the man to rule
this country and sent in his resignation.
| which was accepted with great reluc-
cere regret by the majority Of the peo-
| pie, who admire his ability and have
confidence in his integrity and inten-
tons.
erty. :his chief assistant. who has been
in the Office of the under secretary in
Dublin Castle all his life. and has been
promoted, grade after grade, from an
ton because Of his ability and his
sterling qualities. He has been in his
present position for many years. and is
we'll known to everybody. Although he
initiative like Sir Anthony mcdonnell.
he is considered a safe. conservative and
| judiciOus administrator.
The Treasury Remembrancer.
The next official in Importance, who
perhaps should be ranked first of ALL is
| a mysterious and autocratic authority
known as the treasury remembrance. He
was described TO me as "a lord over all,
AMI the best hated man in Ireland. al
though nobody knows him or cares to
know him and half his fellow officials
| never hear or speak his name. He is a
| spy and spotter and has arbitrary au-
| thcrity to dsallow accounts, withhold al
| loWances and lock up the money chest
whenever he likes There is no statute
authorizing his appointment, there is no
| law or regulation defining his duties or
| limiting his authority, which he receives
| from the chancellor of the exchequer in
London and to whom alone he reports
The Office pays $500 a year without any
known perquisites. although the remem-
brancer is supposed to have mysterious
sources of revenue that have never been
found out. He cannot, however. spend
the money of the crown. His authority
is limited to preventing expenditures. He
is 'the watchdog of the treasury" in
Ireland. and combines in one the duties
and powers which are intrusted to the
controller and auditors of the Treasury
in tho United States. He interprets ap-
preparation bills, CONSTITUTES laws and de-
cides how much money can be expended
for this purpose and that. He audits all
accounts, rejects many. disallOws over
charges and makes everybody who has
to do with government finances a great
deal of trouble. Hence his unpopularity
and his habitual reserve.
The present incumbent of the Office is a
Mr.. Hewby. who was recently sent over
from the treasury in London to relieve
Sir r. w. "A. Holmes. who had been in
the office for many years. Nobody seems
to know anything about Mr.. Hewby, ex
cept that he is an Englislman. who has
been in the employ of the treasury in
Lordon for many years and has grown
up in that office. where he has gained the
confidence of the higher officials; and for
that reason they have sent him over here
to perform a very disagreeable duty.
Numerous Executive Departments.
In addition to these chief officials there
are numerous executive departments, with
secretaries and assistant secretaries and
commissions and boards Of various juris-
diction, having corps of clerks similar to
those In Washington. Each has it's func-
tions over some branch of the adj
ministration, and all are subject to
the supervision of the under secre-
tar and the direction Of the chief
secretary in London. Their COM
missions are signed by the lord lieu
tenant, who knows nothing about them,
has no authority over them and acts only
in formal capacity as the representative
Of the king. There is a great deal of COM
plant as to the excessive number Of civil
servants as they call them over here,
although such term would be resented
by the civil service" in the United
States. Railway officials are called "serv-
ants; every salaried person comes within
that designation.
Any one who will look over the printed
register of government employees in Ire
lan1 will conclude that home rule has
dIcduy Uecu duOpteu, UccduSc NH. f10WOy
the new treasury remembrancer. Is said
to be the only Englishman on the pay
roll except the lord lieutenant and sew
eral of his secretaries and the military
officers at the garrison. And the recent
treasury remembrance. Mr.. Holmes was
also an Irishman, so that until Mr.. Hew-
by came none but natives were on guard
But what spOils 1t all to the Irish is that
these gentlemen receive their appoint
ments from what they consider an alien
nf ha EN1O 1fCh crfvy
poisons the gift. They will never be sat
listed until their commissions are signed
by an Irish name. Nobody in the employ
of the government is loyal. Every man
hates and loaths England and doesn't
hesitate to say so. although he draws his
ratlons from the British government. And
when you remind him of that he an
swers promptly that the money comes
and England grabs 3.OOOOOO pounds for
herself.
That is strictly true. Ireland con-
tributes G1O.JOOOGO in taxes to the i'm
perial treasury and E7.5OD.OOO of 1t is ex-
pended in maintaining her government
and constructing her public works. The
remaining three millions is her contribu-
ton toward the support of the British
empire, the wages Of the king, the ex-
penses of parliament. the support of the
public debt. which is not kept separately
for Ireland, and for various other pur-
poses.
Representatives in Parliament.
Ireland has 1O2 representatives in the
British parliament. of whom eighty-two
are nationalsts or home rulers. The re-
naming twenty are conservatists. union
lists and anti-home rulers who believe in
maintaining the present system Of gov
eminent and the existing relations be-
tween Great Britain and Ireland. The
Irish members Of parliament have been
thorn in the flesh of John Bull for many
years. ever since they were admitted to
the imperial legislature. They have
fought fiercely for concessions term after
term. and have built fires in the rear Of
the government. and have attacked 1t
upon all sides until they have accom-
plished great many reforms and are
now on the point of achieving final Sue
cess. If the liberal party wins at the
next election the dream of every patri-
otto IriShman is likely to come true be-
cause it's leaders are pledged to complete
home rule on the same basis that Mr.
Gladstone proposed several years ago
when he was prime minister.
Every influential leader of the liberal
party is a home ruler The Earl of Aber-
deem. the present lieutenant governor:
Earl Dudley his predecessor who is just
going out to become governor general Of
Australia: Mr.. James Bryce, recently
chief secretary for Ireland and now Brit
ish ambassador at Washington, and many
other influential men In high places are
earnest in supporting the Irish claim for
self-sOvernment. and the national party.