The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17
MIR. MACON CALLS
 PEARYA "FAKER'
North Pole Disc0verer Bit
 terly Attacked
DEPENDED BY MOORE
Arkansas Representative Adds Some New Original Phrases to the V0- cabulary He Used in Attack
 ing Newspaper Men

Washington. February 162Repre sentative Macon Qf Arkansas, speaking in general debate on the naval appro- priation bill In the House tonight, made sensational attack upon Capt. Robert E. Peary, denouncing him as 'faker and declaring that "he should be driven from the naval service"
 The bitter words used by the memb CT from Arkansas called out quick reply from Pearys friends. Representative J. Hampton Moore of Pennsylvania, af- ter yainly attempting to interrupt MT. Macon, finally got the floor in his own right He characterized Mir! Macons speech as Unjust, outrageous and of- fensive" He said there was always some one to be found to suspect every performance by men of genius and cour- age. He referred to Captain Hobson's exploit of the Merrimac and to Dewey $ victory at Manila bay.
 Heroes like these" said MT. Moore, have not the time to stop and deal with every dog that barks at their heels"
 MT. Macon, who evoked a roar of laughter in the House several days ago by announcing that in using the 1an- guage "wilful and deliberate liar, dirty little pilferer of words and contemptl- ble little ass" he had gone about as far as his Fellowship with the Meth odist church permitted" added some original phrases to the history of de l. bates in the House tonight.
 He declared that Peary's whole story was a flake pure and simple" He said his contempt for fake heroes" was su- preme. and he intimated that he put the hero of San Juan hill' in that class. MT. Macon denounced the Peary Arctic club and charged that 1t had maintained paid lobby in Washing ton. He said that President Taft S judgment in this matter was not to be accepted, for he had congratulated Cook as heartily as he did Peary.
 Paying his compliments to the edi- tors of the New York Times and the New York Post. Mr. Macon character
 zed them as "unblushing Know-all tit- bits" and ''pea-eyed, pin-headed and putrid -tongued infinitesimals. He re- ferred to Peary as a fur trader" pic-' tured him as a elfexaggerated, self opinionated, puffed-up near-hero," and finally denounced him "an unfaith- ful servant and an Idle loafer. who ought to be driven from the service in- stead of being promoted
 MT. Macon said he lad the utmost contempt for human beings so weak brained" that they were afraid to say what they really thought about Peary, because they feared some unbushiny know-all tit-bit editor of yellow jour nal like the New York Times or the New York Post would call them ignor- ant blatherskites." q pity" he continued, "a man who is so ignorant as to be ter TOT stricken all the time for fear he will be called ignorant by some saphead, or so cowardly that he Is afraid to think his own thoughts for fear some graft I4x- R,.I ,l,at l,A l.. thinking about and adversely criticise him therefor''
 MT. Macon expressed the belief that Peary and Cook, on one of the trips to the north when they were companion, figured out that it would be easy for q man to fake" a discovery of the pole. and he charged that they both started out at the same time to claim the dis covery He declared that instead of be- ing rewarded with promotion to the rank of rear admiral, as President Taft and the committee on naval affairs have rec commended, Peary's feat was, at best, worthy only of medal like those award ed to Marathon runners.
 Mir. Macon spoke for one hour and forty minutes. When MT. Moore rose to reply, he said he desired to put into the record a few things In answer to "a most unjust and outrageous assault" MT. Moore said he had great respect for newspapers and newspaper men and he had noted with pride that the press gall lery had remained empty throughout the time the gentleman from Arkansas had the floor.
 "T am glad to know" aaid MT. Moore, that no one in that gallery was willing to sit there and listen to the diatribes of the gentleman from Arkansas, offen- sive as they were. upon one of the great men of the country; or to listen to the violent epithets he applied to newspaper editors"
 Mir Moore proceeded to pay glowing tribute to Captain Peary, saying that his attainment of the pole had come at the end of 23 years of 'laborious work and unknown hardships. Peary, he said, had brought back scientific information covet- ed by all the other countries of the world He took MT. Macon sharply to task for his praise of foreign heroes and his "un- just remarks' about a son of America. MT. Moore said he resented the terms "faker" and 'loafer." applied to Captain Peary by MT. Macon.
 Representative Saunders of Virginia spoke briefly in support of Captain Peary. He declared there was nothing to uphold Mir Macons attempt to discredit Peary's s story Subjected to every test he assert ed that Captain Peary's story stands out clear
 MT. Moore had read and put into the records letter from Rear Admiral Ches- ter of the navy. who passed upon Peary's proofs, in which he said in part
 q would also like to add with regard to the oft repeated and absurd criticism concerning Commander Peary's rapid march after leaving his main party on April 1, 1907. fact that do not think Is generally known. It should be remem- bered that he advanced north with a force comprising personnel and equipment se- lected from the best in his entire com nand with conditions of ice and weather growing better all the time. He, there- fore naturally made better speed than could be accomplished by larger party which Is always retarded by its weakest unit But the increased rate of travel was not abnormal for when the party had again reached land and man and beast had been thoroughly rested, Peary spurt- ed back to the ship, covering over 100 miles of ground in two sleeps, or nearly as much distance as made by him in seven days from April to April 6, 1907."
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