The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-04-08
PRISONERS PARDoNED
The Council of state Exercises It's
Privilege.

len COUNCILLORS oil state met Mr.
Dole and two OF his Cabinet Minis
ters yesterday afternoon to discuss
matters of great" importance.
Mr.. Dole did not render an &C.
count OF his trip to Washington nor
did he furnish a report Of the ex-
penditure by him OF the public
money on the solemn occasion.
When a representative asked for
Mr.. Dole's vouchers, in the House OF
Representatives, ia regard to the
$4,000 appropriated for the River
side-beg pardon Washington ex.
cursion he was sat upon by the
Speaker OF the House and made to
understand that the Legislature is
not entitled to an accounting for
moneys appropriated by the great
Council OF State.
The preventative in question
collapsed under this wise ruling Of
the Speaker and he shut up believ-
ing that the taxpayers at the next
meeting of the Council OF State
would get all the information need
ed and incidentally the unexpended
balance Gf any OF the $4,000 and
some Riverside oranges and Maine
memorials.
The meeting took place, however,
and not word was mentioned about
Mr., Dole's trip and the $4,000.
Small matters like those do not
worry the great minds of our states
men and the councillors were sim
ply called upon to discuss petitions
for pardons.
w. Fl. Richard, very, very dan
gerous revolutionist, according to
the ideas of the p. G. and who in
1895 was sentenced to something
like 30 years imprisonment was
granted full pardon and restored
to civil rights. Mr.. Dole stated that
when the political prisoners applied
in a proper manner it was the policy
OF the Government to recommend
full pardon and restoration of civil
rights.
Considering that if tho officials
under the monarchy had done their
duty in 1893, Mr.. Dole would have
been pleading for pardon his "mercy"
OF three years standing comes rather
late and has now not even the effect
Of a play to the gallery. II Mr..
Dole had the moral courage as he
undoubtedly possesses the physical,
he would long ago have recommend
ed full and free pardon to all poll
tical prisoners without any condi-
tions whatever. When Admiral
Miller and the Bulletin next--or is
it the week-after-hoist the Stars
and Stripes over these islands, Mr..
Dole will step down from his throne
erected on the points of American
bayonets and his political "prison-
ers" will remember the vindictivs
and cruel spirit OF the men now in
power.
A full pardon was also granted to
Robert w. Wilcox, who, according
to a contemporary is getting ready
to fight the Spaniards.
A few minor pardons were grant
ed and big discussion arose in re-
gard to the case OF Kaio, the man
who was found guilty of being an
accessory before the fact in the
Smith murder on Kauai, and who is
the father of the convicted MUIR
| derer.
The characters OF the men COM
posing the Council of State we're
we'll illustrated during the debate
Men like Dole, Wilder, Damon,
Brown, Robertson and Phillips, who
cannot be called professional"
Christians or steady attendants at
that temple of salvation known as
the Central Union Church, were in
favor of mercy, and desired to COM
mute the sentence OF Kaio to impri-
soament for life. Councillor Phillips
made mastery speech in which he
harangued those who believe in the
death penalty and still uphold the
Jewish law OF "an eye for an eye, a
tooth for tooth, and a life for