The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-05-02
M'CLELLAN SAYS
 ITS PREMATURE No Peace Between Him and Tammany Without
 Honor.
HE HAS MADE NO DEAL
Will Not Permit Sacrifice of Any Just Prin-
 ciple.

New York. May 1.--The announce ment that a definite understanding had been reached between Mayor Mcclel- Ian and Tammany Leader Charles E. Murphy, through which political peace between the administration and Tam many was assured, was premature. ac- cording to a statement made public by the mayor tonight
 'So far as I am concerned" says the mayor, there will be no peace except with honor"
 He added that he has made no Ideal involving the recount bill,s" through the passage of which the right of the mayor to his office could be contested and, while he is willing to give his con sent to an arrangement that will unify th9 democratic party in the county, thu terms of such arrangement must not entail the sacrifice of any just principle or of any faithful official nor include compromise with viciousness.
 Mayor McClellan's statement follows:
 Tt seems to me to be necessary to repeat in plainer words what said In my statement of Monday, state- ment which I believed must be clear to any intelligent man:
 ''1-I have made no deal, and I have authorized no deal which alters my po- sition in any way. have made no deal nor authorized any deal bear ing on the so-called recount hill
 ''2-I have made no deal in regard to the police except deal wiath Com missioner Bingham that he shall do his level best, without interference from me or any politician.
 "S--I have done nothing and said nothing to retract or modify what said months ago relative to the exist 1 ing conttor of t4e demoeratic orgAilza w ton in this county, it's leadership and its methods.
 '4-The only political arrangement to which was willing to give my con sent was one which believe would re- sul- in the unification of the democrat ic party in this county, regardless of the rise or fall of any individual or set of individuals.
 By this arrangement I would, as the mayor, democrat, recognize the den- ocratic organization when men whose opinion and guidance I would respect were directing 1t, men who would themselves strive for the advancement of real democratic ideas and policies. It could be of oprotit to me except | in my capacity as a democrat who would like to see his party win when 1t 1 is honestly explained. It could not affect my administration as mayor for shall not deviate from the path I have chosen. That arrangement has not been made. Any negotiations for party peace which are dependent on my assent must necessarily be tentative, and anyone announcing my agreement | to terms of which have not been in formed has, even though his purpose be honest, committed an error which I regret and which he should regret even mere.
 "The terms to which will agree for the sake of party peace are not alone my terms, think the terms on which every honest, unseltish democrat in the organization is united. Such terms cannot entail tEe sacrifice of any just principle or of any faithful official, nor can they include compromise with | viciousness.
 "So far as am concerned, there will be no peace except with honor"