The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-10-23
Ministers in Cabinet Council De-
eide 10 Recommend it.
COUNCIL OF STATE MEET TODAY.
Action Taken for The Third Time Was Paroled
over Year ago All Conditions TO be Re
moved $4,000 Fine Remitted-rhe Portu-
guese Rioters VIII Petition for Freedom.

For some time past ii has been moot
ed that the Government was consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of restoring Lii
uokalani TO all of her civil rights as
citizen of Hawaii.
1t will be remembered that just prior
TO the reopening of Kawaiahao Church
the subject was discussed in an infor-
NAL way by several members of the
Cabinet. One of them remarked that
it was unfortunate, inasmuch as the
eX-Queen had taken such an active
interest in the affairs of the old church,
that she could not be present at the
reopening of the remodeled building,
her release from custody being con
ditional that she did not attend any
gathering.
Minister Cooper suggested that not
attending a church gathering was
merely by inference, and at the next
meeting of the Cabinet he proposed
giving Liliuokalani greater freedom.
| At the same time she was not granted
full and free" pardon.
| The action TO be taken by the EX
! ecutive in recommending that the
Council of State grant the pardon is
based upon the fact that since her re-
lease from confinement in the Execu-
tive building Liliuokalani has faithful
| ly kept the terms of her partial free
dom, and in view OF this the Execu
tive feels that justice has been fully
served, and that the granting of full
and free pardon at this time is an evil
dence of the confidence the Govern
ment reposes in her. This recommen-
dation will be made at the meeting of
the Council of State called for today.
At o'clock on the afternoon of Feb
ruary 81, Major George c. Potter, Ma
jor Mcleod, Charles B. Wilson and
Mrs. Wilson visited Liliuokalani in her
quarters in the Executive building for
the purpose of reading TO her the SEN
tence pronounced upon her by the mill
tary commission and approved by
President Dole, as the result of her be-
ing found guilty of misprison of trea-
son. While the sentence was being
read the prisoner remained seated and
manifested comparatively little inter
est in the affair.
On September 4, 1895, the Council
of State held meeting for the con-
sideration of pardons to a number of
the political prisoners, and on Septem-
Der s, at $50 p. m. the ex-Queen left
the Executive building, accompanied by
C. B. Wilson and wife, going in car
riage direct to Washington Place. Her
freedom al that time was merely in the
nature of a parole, and banked by
certain conditions, among which was
the payment of the $1,000 fine imposed
upon her by the military commission.
Early in this year one of the conditions
of her parole was withdrawn, and
today, if the Council agrees with
the Executive, the fine will be RENTED
and Liliuokalani, ex-Queen of Hawaii
will be as free as a bird.
1t is understood that a petition from
the Portuguese residents will be pre-
sented on Friday next, asking for a
pardon for the six Portuguese convict
ed of riot at the head of Emma street
some months ago, and new trials re-
fused by the Supreme Court on Mon
day
The prisoners have served only
few hours on the reef. After the decis-
ion of the Supreme Court was handed
down four of the convicted men were
taken to the reef, but were released on
bail shortly afterward.