Birmingham state herald., 1896-07-19
FUSION IS DOOMED
Says Professor Burruss in Reply to Certain Strictures-A Communication Which
 Is Notable for Its Candor.
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To the State Herald:
 "The Tribune is expected to inform tho c1ss public men Those who buy 'th the '9 oaner dns pay for 1t with that just expectation Less himself to the popuIists of this county to re- fuse his support to Captain Johnston" From the Labor Advocate:
 The populst party of Alabama having pronounced through Its state convention fusion or cooperation with the republican party in the August election, l will longer oppose the experiment by my candi- not indorse or support fusion or co-opera- ton with either the republican party or democratic party because l consider such a prospects of the populist party. am deep ly grateful to the populists of Jefferson county for their many expressions of con- AU'i''e' '9''N'' HENRY FACE BURRUss.
 The public will pardon me. The very. un- called for display of "cone-shaped' tenn per by Professor Burruss In the State Her aid of yesterday (Tuesday) compels me to isting politics by republishing the above letter, upon which my remarks were found ed. J. w. DUBOSE.
 Birmingham, July A.
 place the extract from an editorial of the Peoples Tribune of July side by side with the communication of MT. J. W. DuBose published In the State Herald of July 15, so that the public may udge WneIner 1 Ildue a pleuBe leSS lIldH SiAly days ago to the populists of this county to refuse my support to Captain John ston. I consider that had l made such a pledge less than sixty days ago that should be unworthy of the confidence and respect of all parties and indlvid- uais. A prompt and positive denial was demanded in justice to the public and myself. I declared that I would no lon ger oppose the experiment of co-opera- tion with the republican party i'll Ala bama by my candidacy for the state sen ate. I opposed cooperation or fusion of the populist party with either of the old parties in Alabama because fusion had been defined by the fusienists themselves to mean a combination in which each party preserved it's distinctive doctrines. I did not believe then, nor do I believe now, that the populist party could have afforded to combine with party whose views on the money question were dis tinctively opposed to the populist party. I became satisfied by the 1st of June that the democratic party in the country as the democratic party in the state had already done. Having reached this con- clusion, I saw my way clear to support Captain Johnston, and, being under no pledge to any political body or individual to the contrary, declared my intention to support Captain Johnston. I am not responsible for the constructive imagi- nation of the editor of the Tribune. I have never reflected upon his motives or character in any way. I do not now question the purity of his motives, but do object to statements of fact which, if true, would demonstrate that am utter ly unworthy of the confidence and re- spect of my fellow citizens. Fusion is doomed and the supporters of the combi- nation feel it. It is naturally depressing and irritating.
 I am dying, Egypt. dying, ebbs the crim-
 son by tide fast,
 And the dark plutonian shadows gather
 on the evening blast.
 HENRY PAGE BURRUSS.