The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-13
VERONA AND
CALI WELL,
WEST HUDSON
BURDEN OF PROOF
IS UPON PEARY
Rev. R. S. Dawson, of Kearly,
Criticises Attitude of
Polar Explorer.

THE very choice of words made by.
Peary when he telegraphs Of Cook,
He has handed the public a gold brick
Indicates the virulence of his personal
feeling and the envious inspiration of
bis astonishing attack declared the
Rev. Rowland S. Dawson from the
pulpit of the Knox Presbyterian
Church, Kearny, in his sermon. on
True Rivalry yesterday. He said in
part;
"All of life is q rivalry. 1t begins be-
tween brothers in the home; 1T contin-
ues among schoolmates in their studies;
1t is the inspiration Of all athletic
sports; it permeates all business and
professional life, animates h leaders
society and stimulates the activities
in the church..
There Is a true rivalry and a false,
a noble rivalry and a base. When Lee
offered his sword to Grant at Appomat-
tox the latter returned 1t, saying thsx
he could not AXE it from one who had
Worn 1t so worthily.
1.-The defeated pugilist is always h
first to grasp the victor's hand in con-
graduation. May the best man win
expresses the spirit of all true sport.
Envy, Jealousy. depreciation or misrep-
resentation of a successful rival is the
evidence of a meaa spirit and a small
soul.
Thrice defeated in his efforts to win
Americas Cup, Lord Dunraven cries
Fraud and, unable to prove his allie
cations, departs for England bearing
the cordial dislike of a mighty nation.
Upton, thrice beaten in the same effort,
gracefully accepts defeat and wins
what Is better than the cup-the admit
ration and respect of the English
speaking world
"Civilization has been shocked by the
unsupported charges Of monumental
fraud and unparalleled duplicity made
by one explorer against his successful
rival. | have no doubt that both o.
and Peary REACHED the POLE, but I see
a great lesson to mankind in their re-
spective attitudes.
one, modest, unassuming = n
straightforward, tells the simple story
of his titanic triumph over nature and
is the first to offer his congratulations
to his successful, if belated, rival.
The other, in mock heroic phrase
claiming to have nailed the Stars and
Stripes to the pole, intthe same breath,
with vulgar verbiage, the
cit WiiOiD tie WOTiQ dCcldlnS as the
champion impostor Of all times, hurls
the deadly charge of liRr in his face.
and cheaply cries, 4 havAhim nailed
The very choice of wdTds made by
Peary when ne telegraphs Of Cook, He
has handed the public a gold brick in
dictates the virulence of his personal
feeling and the envious inspiration Of
his astonishing attack.
The simple dignity of DIR. Cook IL
shown in his splendid reply:
II refuse to degrade myself by en-
tering into a controversy before all our
proofs are laid before the court of final
appeal
N matter what the ultimate out
come may be, the bearing of these men
toward each other in this question of
Importance impresses a les
son of how to do and how not to do.
THE sympathies of the world today
are with Cook. The burden Of proof Is
upon Peary. No man in all this world
has a right to make such fearful
charges against any other man with
out immediate and convincing proof"