The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-15
A Tale of Corruption and Incapaci.
ty-why Governor Bullock Ran

Away.
A special correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Commercial, travelling in the South,
has worked up" the Bullock case, and
writes to that paper from Atlanta, Ga,
under date OF the Sd inst, as follows:
Il will tell you why Bullock ran
away. He has issued to H. j. Kim.
ball and others all the bonds going 10
the Macon and Brunswick road, over
five millions Of dollars, while still the
road lacked seventy-fve miles Of being
completed The work is now stopped,
and the State has OF course been
swindled. Kimball ran short Of funds,
and got the Governor to over issue the
amount Of bonds due him 80 that he
could hypothecate them. He deposi.
ted them in New York and obt aimed
an advance of sixty cents on the dollar
When the time came to redeem be
could not do it. And as the Legisla-
ture was about to meet, they would
he sure to unearth the whole
thing, expose the fraud and impeach
Bullock for violating the law. When
Kimball failed Bullock made frantic
efforts to get up the money himself, so
as as to get back the bonds
and show that Kimball had not
been ioverpaid, but he failed. Some
of the lessees OF the State road
proposed 10 help him, but all would not
consent to it when they found the
amount was SO large. This last how
ever, is mere rumor. At all events
Bullock failed to raise the wind sutfi-
cient toIset himself square on the record,
and went to New York to see what he
could do there. He had his resignation
and address to the people all prepared
before he left here, but to be kept
secret until he found out what he
could do in New York. He failed to
make any arrangement there, and with
certain impeachment staring him
in the face if he came back, he let fly
his address and resignation, and re-
mains away. The conspiracy against
him was none other than a determina-
ton to impeach him if he had misap-
propriated the public funds. If this
could not have been proved against him,
and a clear case made out, he would not
have been impeached. The Democracy
of this State are not anxious to
make a martyr OF Bullock, and the ma
jority OF the Legislature are not the men
to commit perjury to remove an innocent
man, and especially so when he has
only -ome twelve months to serve. Not
two weeks ago Bullock told me that the
present Legislature was one Of the best
that had ever been elected in Georgia;
that they were capable and honest, al
though Democratic, and much better
representatives OF the people than the
last one. The notion about conspir-
acy against him, and another attempt
at separation, must have entered his
head after he found out to certainty
that he could not replace what he had
wrongfully taken from the treasury.
The fear that run Bullock off was a
consciousness Of guilt.
The correspondent next details an in
terview of Dr.. Angler, the State Treas
urer. After explaining the Macon and
Brunswick railroad transaction as above
detailed Dr.. Angler is made to say:
But ! doubt if he (Bullock) could !
escape impeachment, even if he could
get this Macon and Brunswick railroad
matter arranged. He has used three
million dollars OF State bonds paper in
some way, nobody knows how. He was
perfectly reckless in financial matters,
the State as well as his own. He had
nothing when he went into office, and
am told that on his place above here he
has spent thirty-fve thousand dollars.
Then he has used an immense amount
for political purposes His bills at
Washington were very heavy when he
was lobbying there, as one item amount
ed to near FIVE thousand dollars, which
he explained that he used to buy up
Forney's Chronicle. In addition to buy
ing up papers abroad, he bad about all
10 this State in tow. To one little
psper in Covington, with neither read.
ers nor influence, he paid over three
thousand dollars in two months The
country papers used to bring in such
enormous bills-frequently FIVE times
larger than the whole print shop was
worth-that stopped paying them, it
was such a downright, unmitigated
swindIe. Well, Bullock goes to work
and has the Legislature pass a law, and
here it is, (showing me the act. com
pelling me to pay all printing claims,
and all others that be approved. They
had my hands tied then, aud went on
with their swindles. One editor who
had little Office that you could have
put in wheelbarrow, told me that be
wouldt want better thing than to get
to do Bullock's printing for year.
DR.. Angler here showed me a little
pamphlet OF laws, about eighty pages
of large type, and wanted to know what
guessed Bullock paid for ten thousand
.oy;as mt the hvn-a hioh and aaid