The Sentinel=record., 1911-02-17
LOAFER AND
 A FAKE HERO
REPRESENTATIVE MACON IN ScATHiNG SPEECH SCORES
 CAPT RoBT. E. PEARY.
Characterize Him as Fakir and a Loafer, Who Should be Driven From the Service Instead of
 Being Promoted.

Washington, Feb. 16.--SpealSing ir general debate on the naval appropria ton bill in the house, tonight Rep resentative Macon, of Arkansas, made a sensational attack upon Captain Robert E. Peary, denouncing him as . "fakir" and declaring that he should be driven from the naval service
 The bitter words used by the mem Der from Arkansas called out a quick reply from Peary's friends Represen. tative J Hampton Moore, of Pennsyl- vania, after vainly attempting to in terrupt Mir. Macon, finally got the floor in his own right
 He characterized MT. Macon's speech as unjust outrageous and of fensive." He said there was always some one to be found to suspect ey- cry performance by men of genius and courage. He referred to Captain Hob sons exploit of the Merrimac and to Dewey's 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"
 Mir Macon, who evoked roar of laughter in the house several days ago by announcing that in using the language "wilful and deliberate liar, dirty little pilferer of words and con temtible little ass he had gone about as far as his fellowship with the Methodist church permitted" added some original phrases to the history of debates in the house tonight.
 He declared that Peary's whole story was a fake pure and simple He said his contempt for flake he roes' was supreme 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 Washington. He said that President
 
 Tafts judgment in this matter was not to be accepted, for he had congratu- lated Cook as heartily as he did Peary.
 Paying his compliments to the edi- tors of the New York Times and the New York Post MT. Macon character ized them as "unblushing know all tit bits and "pegeyed. pinheaded and putrid tongued infinite simals."
 He referred to Peary as a fur trader, pictured him as "a self-ex- self opinionated puffed up near hero and finally denounced him as "an unfaithful servant and an idle loafer, who ought to be driven from the service instead of being pro- noted"
 MT. Macon said he had the utmost for human beings so weak en brained" that they were afraid to say what they really thought about Peary. because they feared some un- know-all tit bit editor of yell low journals, like the New York Times, or the New York Post, would call them ignorant blatierskites."
 q pity" he continued, "a man who is so ignorant as to be terror stricken all the time for fear he will be called ignorant by some saphead or so cow artiiy that iie is afraid to think his own thoughts, for fear some graft loving editor will find out what he is about and ayersely criticise him therefore"
 MT. Macon expressed the belief that Peary and Cook on one of the trips to the north when they were compan ions, figured out that it would be easy for a man to fake" discovery of the pole and he charged that they both started out at the same time to claim the discovery.
 He declared that instead of being rewarded with promotion to tae rank of rear-admiral, as President Taft and the committee nnaval affairs have Peary's feat was at best worthy only of medal-like those awarded to marathon runners
 MT. Macon spoke for one hour and forty minutes.
 When Mir. 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 re spect for newspapers and newspaper men and he had noted with pride that the press gallery had remained empty throughout the time the gentleman from Arkansas had the floor.
 T am glad to know said MT