Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-30

| our efforts to give the city of New York
| good government the democratic organiza-
| ton give us it's full assistance and aid US
in every way that rests within it's power.
| ION the other hand the burden will rest
| upon the mayor to, so far as he can.
! strengthen the organization, and this. SO
| far as l am able to do, will be a very
pleasant duty to me.
THE conference between the representa-
| tive and myself was based largely upon
| the general situation 1 have indicated.
Time will have to deal with individual
matters as they arise. The spirit of fair
ness between both of us will eliminate all
! trouble and we will have a condition of
political harmony in the city that must
| rebound materially to the citys interest"
A Carefully Thought-out Plan.
AS a matter of fact. although this state
ment was given out yesterday at the end
| of half hours talk between Ellison and
| Sullivan, all the arrangements had been
| made for the surrender several days ago,
| and the Sullivan call was merely per-
| functory. AS he was leaving the corpora
! ton counsels office Sullivan paused long
enough to say:
Il will stand by anything Ellison says.
It's about time something was DONE" he
| added
| The corporation counsel, after making
| public his statement, said:
Il have nothing more to add to it at this
time
He then hurried over to the mayors"
Office, where he remained in consultation
with Mcclellan for half an hour, and then
disappeared.
| The statement created a tremendous
| furry in political circles. Tammany mon
who had not been in city hall for months
| hurried thither and went burrowing about
| for information. Mcclellan was besought
on all sides for a statement, but he put
every one off, declaring that if he had any
thing to say he would make 1t public late
| in the afternoon. and. sure enough, about
! : a. "a ms ha a
Here is How the Mayor Puts It.
MIR. Ellison, like a number of other rep
resentative democrats" said Mcclellan,
has been DESTROYS of bringing about
harmonious condition in the democratic or
ganization of this county, and to that end
he has. with my knowledge, discussed Vhe
situation with men of various affiliations
He is right in saying that l insist upon
being left entirely free to fill the offices for
| which l am responsible with the highest
class of men that | am able to find. He
is right in saying that l have no candidate
for the leadership of Tammany Hail. and
Will have none.
Il have made no deal, and 1 have author
lied the making of no deal which alters my
position in any way. 1t is and shall be my
ambition to give to the city the best admin
! istraton that 1t is possible for me to give
it, and fractional politics will not be permit
ted to interfere with that course.
Il take back nothing that l have said
concerning the management of the demo-
cratic organization, and | reiterate what |
said on January ., in appointing commits
sioner of elections, that l should like to
have the support of the democratic organ
izaton, hut if l cannot have that support
under conditions which favor clean and eff
Client government then l am content to do
without it.
IF the elements that constitute Tammany
Hall wish to harmonic on that plane, then
l am for harmony. For political peace
ha iii
the state and the nation | shall go far
forward as any man, but not one step back
ward.
Says He Hasn't Changed Opinion.
Il have not changed my opinion in regard
to the policies and the conduct of the or
ganzation. If the organization wants to
meet me on that platform. then there can
be no differences between us.
Regarding a statement in one of the
morning papers that Mr. Ellison had threat
ened to resign if certain conditions were not
met l have this to say: First that no such
suggestion came from Mr.. Ellison; and, sec
ond that any subordinate threatening to
resign for any reason would find his resig-
nation Immediately accepted. The three
gentlemen named as police magistrates
were of my personal selection. The names
were not shown to Mr.. Ellison until the
day which the appointments were an
nounced.
Somewhat cloudy as to the main issue. the
friends of Murphy generally read this state
ment as meaning that Mcclellan was let
ting himself down easy whereas the
mayors own friends explained that Eli
son had really gone too far, and that Nc
| Clellan's sole purpose was to let his cor
poraton counsel down easy.
"Everything will be the same said they.
On all hands there was general belief
that McClelan's pride was hurt as much
| by the agreement which he has been forced
! to make with Murphy in his last desperate
| IN eff
counsel making the agreement public. The
| distinct spirit of the Ellison statement is
| that he and Sullivan, to whose clan Ellison
belongs, had got together and settled mat
| tiers for the mayor, and the impression
| is conveyed throughout the statement that
| Ellison will be the Talleyrand Of the ad
| ministraton for the future and deal out
| the patronage.
| Mayor Keeps Up Show of Dignity.
| McClellan's attention was called to this
| yesterday afternoon, and he retorted hotly:
Mr. Ellison's statement makes it appear
| that he expects to be the distributor of pat
! ronage in the future" was suggested.
Il am quite capable of making my own
| appointments" was the reply.
Does the statement correctly represent
| your attitude toward the organization?'
| was asked.
| MY statement speaks for ITSELF" he an
swered. waving aloft his statement
How will the police be affected by the
| changer"
| What do you mean?" demanded McClel-
i Ian.
| "Wil Commissioner Bingham still have
| free hand?"
| why, of course
And will you now welcome suggestions
| from Tammany Hall?"
| Certainly. Suggestions from every
| source have always been welcome and they
always will be"
In the meantime a score of leaders had
| hurried to Tammany Hall, where Leader
Murphy was found at his desk, smiling
! broadly and unusually communicative. He
was asked If he had heard of the estab-
lishment of peace.
"Oh. yes. know about it, said Murphy.
And is it true?'
"Oh. yes. It's all true