The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-04-08
in The BALANCE
Delay In Voting On The Petition
Of KaiO for ClGDGlCy.
TO Be SETTLED ON SATURDAY
Discussion Of the Case BY the
Council Of State-Views
OF President.

A meeting Of the Council of State tt
consider applications for pardon wa
held in the hall Of the Senate at th,
Executive Building yesterday after
noon at 2:3O. President Dole was il
| the chair and G. BoIte acted as Secre
tary. There were in attendance besides
Minister Damon, Attorney Genera
Smith, Mr.. Kane, Mr.. Ena, Mr.. Cecil
Brown, Mr.. Kennedy, P. c. Jones, w
! G. Wilder, John Mott, Mr.. Phillips, Mr.
| Winston, Mr.. Robertson. These were
| the transactions:
CASE OF w. H. RICHARD -Attor-
ney-General Smith said the applicant
had expressed contrition and had talk
en- the oath of feaIty to the Republic.
President Dole said the policy of the
Cabinet was to pardon the revolution
lists who thus applied; that the Cabi-
net so recommended, as stated by the
Attorney General.
Mr.. Kennedy.I move that full un-
conditional pardon, with restoration
Of civil rights, be granted. Carried
unanimously
CASE OF w. r. Explain
ed by the Attorney-Genera that this
petition had come to the Executive
Council too late for presentation at
the last meeting Of the Council of
State. MI. Wilcox said he had been a
leader in the revolution of 1895, that
he was loyal to the Republic, had sub
scribed to the oath of allegiance and
would observe the same sacredIy. He
recommended pardon of all the 1926
offenders.
Moved by Mr.. Jones that pardon is
sue to Wilcox the same as to Rickard
Carried unanimously.
CASE OF JOHN HAUDANI, MOLO- |
NAI-Mr. Smith said the man had
served six months upon conviction for |
opium smuggling at the settlement |
There had arisen some doubt of the |
guilt OF the man and the Cabinet |
thought the man now serving for his |
fine should be liberated So voted.
CASE OF THOS. BURKE-This man
IS in Oahu Jail for five years for man
slaughter. He figured in the "Iwilei |
case" where John Mil
on was killed in a drunken brawl
The Cabinet declined to endorse the
petition for pardon and the Council |
If State took no action in the matter
Burke has a family and a number of
tn |
liberty for him. He has been in jail
low about one year.
Henry Sea, musician, dishon0rabIy
discharged from Co. F, n. G. H, was
'estOred to civil rights He is now a
member Of the Government band.
CASE OF KAIO-Under sentence
If death at Oahu prison, execution
lay next Monday on conviction of ac-
.essory before the fact to killing Of
)r. Jared Smith on Kauai by Kapea.
The trial occurred but a few months
go and the details were published at
ength in this paper. Kapea is the son
# Kaio. AttOrney-GeneraI Smith, bro
her Of the late DR.. J. K. Smith, with
rev. Cecil Brown translated a petit
ion submitted on behalf of KaiO. Pres
dent Dole said that until lately he had
ccepted the popular belief concern
ng Kaio's guilt. On investigation he
lad learned that Kapea was the res
Onsible organizer of the assassination
conspiracy. Kaio had at times during
he talk Of the natives concerning the
crime cOnselIed against
he proposed murder 1t appeared also
hat Upapa, sentenced to three years,
7as as prominent in the preliminaries
s kaiO. Mr.. Dole said the jury had
Oubtless found correctly upon the 7
acts as presented to them. but it seem
d that all the truths were not fully
Understood. The President continued |
hat in his opinion the taking of life by
aw was largely for example and that
rom such a view one execution might
e sufficient. All who had written from I
~auai to the President were opposed to a
7mmuJatiOn for K8io, saying that he I
as a revengefuI and wicked man. He d
half Malay. Mr.. Dole suggested o
nat the Council consider only a life
entence. He said he would not recon-
lend positively or urgently in the