Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-20
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Governor Woodruff Preclpltales
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' missioner Frank D. Healy was re- moved from once by Governor Rollin s. Woodruff yesterday, when the fol- lowing documents In the case were made public in this city by the gov ernor's executive secretary, Charles E. Julin:
 To Frank E. Healy. 75s Main street.
 Hartford:
 Sir-P Please find herewith 8 copy of an offlcial document which I have, caused to be filed to-day with the secretary of state. You will find, up- on reading 1t, that 1t is an order re- moving you from the ofiice of tax commissioner.
 do not want to be understood in any apologetic way when I say that I regret very much that the course you pursued has made my duty plain, and that. after studying the evidence given on Thursday, February IA, 1907, at the hearing in the gov ernor's ofiice, find it necessary to ofncially remove you from the ofhce which you hold as tax commissioner. I very much wish that you had not, by your conduct, made such an un- pleasant duty part of the oficial busi- ness of,
 Yours very truly.
 lSigned) Rollin s. Woodruff, Governor. This removal follows hearing which took place at the governors office last Thursday afternoon. MT Healy's summons to that hearing was given to him several days before 1t came off, so that he had ample time for preparation.
 MT Healy was seen by a reporter yesterday afternoon in reference to Governor Woodrltt's action. His answer was: T won't discuss it.'' Then he went into his office and closed the door behind him. | There are fewer men in Connecti- cut better known than MT Healy. He was born in Windsor Locks on No. vember s, 1869. In 1893 he was graduated from the Yale law school and had the distinction of winning the Kent club prize for oratory. In June. 1893. he was admitted to the bar and opened law ofiice in this city. In 1897 he was elected assist. ant clerk of the house of representa-. tives. In 1899 he was made clerk and at the session of 1901 he wal clerk of the senate. He was clerk of the constitutional convention ir 1902. At the session of 1903 he wal clerk of bills and at the session ol 1905 he was expressing clerk. Hs is at the present time chairman o the republican town committee o Windsor Locks and he is republican state central committeeman from thu seventh senatorial district. On Jul, l l. 1905. he was appointed tax com missioner by Governor Henry Rob erts for a. term of four years. A sal ary of $3,000 year attaches to tn, office of tax commissioner
 | It was current gossip of the capitol yesterday afternoon that Governor Woodruff was being subjected to wig or0us pressure in behalf of Heaiy some of 1t coming from men of nigh standing. Besides making personal appeals, they undertook to set up the proposition that a governor could not exercise the power of removal foI cause unless that cause was connected with mnladministration of Hhe office If tax commissioner had named q price for delivering county commis. sionship, and had put it at so high s figure as, $1.20O. that made no differ. ence so long as he conducted the tax commissiQner's office properly. There
 were threats of an appeal to the su
 preme court, if the decapitation tool
 place. In reply to this it was stated
 that 1t might he n matter of public
 interest to discover whether the su
 preme court would sustain the propo
 sition that state official could mako
 a corrupt political bargain and no
 thereby offer adequate cause for re
 moval; the corollary to that would bt that an official might be caught com
 hitting q burglary and stih retair
 his officc. provided he conducted tha |