New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-05-03
MORE LIGHT on THE "PEACE."

The burden will rest upon His Honor the
Mayor TO, so far as he can, strengthen the
organization, and this so far ! able to do
will be a very pleasant duty TO me.-From the
peace protocol according 10 Mr.. Ellison.
have done nothing and said nothing to
tract modify what I said months ago relative
cation in this county its leadership and its
methods.-From the peace protocol according to
Mayor Mcclellan.
Now, IL is only necessary to recall that few
months ago the Mayor said II cannot recOg-
''niZe the existing control in Tammany Hall
cor tolerate any relations with It's present
leader" to understand In how complete agree
ment the Mayor and his Corporation Counsel
regarding the peace"
The peace becomes on its face more and more
of mystery. The Mayor says, apparently rebuk-
ing some indiscreet peace conferree: ANY one
announcing my agreement to terms OF which
Il had not been Informed has, even though his
purpose be honest, committed an error which
Il regret and which he should regret even
more Mr.. Ellison, who said it the
Mayors duty to strengthen the organization.
cheerfuly assents to the Mayors version Of the
protocol, denying that he has made any deal
and asserting that he maintains his original
position Of refusal 10 recognize the existing
control of Tammany Hall. There is no ROOM"
says Mr. Ellison, 80 far as | can see, to fairly
misunderstood or misconstrue the Mayors
views or mine They in exact accord" And
as if to clarity the whole situation the contests OF
1.-The existing control" of Tammany against the
Mayors district leaders promptly abandoned.
1t clear in all this that the Mayor has made
peace with Tammany, but that he cannot rec
ogniZe its existing control; that he considers
himself in duty bound TO strengthen the organi-
Zation, but that it is his ambition to give the
city the best possible government irrespective
of fractional politics, n position that meets the
hearty appreciation of Big Tim" Sullivan; and
that the Mayor and Mr.. Ellison are agreed that
ANY one" who in a moment of expansive adj
Iniration of himself for the good he has done
announced the terms Of the protocol before
the chief signatory had seen them has good rea-
son to feel sorry.
Peace has its victories, and this looks like
peace with two victories. The chief thing in a
treaty of peace Is the preservation Of the dignity
of the high contracting parties. The present
peace is full of dignity. The Mayor has made
no deals" He takes back not word he has
said Mr.. Murphy stands firm and unrepentant
as the existing control Of Tammany He is
ION the job" of leader until they put me out"
1t seems TO us that the dignity Of both Is adj
mirably sustained by the treaty, though the
Mayor seems to be the more anxious to assure
us that his dignity is unlmpaired, he having
issued two formal statements to that effect to
one epigrammatic utterance from Mr. Murphy.
Nobody has kuuckled under: nobody has bowed
the knee; nobody has yielded an inch; every
body retains the rigid hauteur OF combat the
superb dignity of enmity; and yet we have
peace, and an earnest OF 1t, surer than words
or protocols. the abandonment OF the anti Nc
CIellan contests in Tammany's executive com
mittee. We can recall no peace so splendid as
this, so dignifed, SO majestic, SO warlike and
so pacific. The trouble with most peace is
that 1t comes with its compromises as rather
shabby cOntretemps after the heroic doings of
war. There is likely TO be general feeling that
both sides have had bellyful of fighting. Peace
is so unheroic! Both sides generally have to
abandon the principles for which they fought
bled and died. But here Is glorious peace
heroic as war itself. There is no surrender, no
compromise no deal" nothing hut dignity for
everybody. What could be more admirable?
We are glad to see Mr.. Mcclellan come out