New-York tribune., 1911-02-17
r.,i, Antics Described as
'''" Barking at the Heels
of Heroes"
MACON BREAKS HIS RECORD
.,.-,,,srt Attack on Peary Brings
out caustic Rebuke-Rainey
Tries to Emulate the
Arkansan.
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dov over conference reports
,,,,rs 10 agree to NUMBER Oh
s.rs,e amendments TO app,op'
en- one Of which Increased the sa'"s
-. secretary to the Presidenl itoi'
5000 81 to $4,000, the House at a n.en. .s
F0Nov took up the naval Appropriation
so ~ debate Immediately resolving
o." ,n,o heated argument over the
s,.n 70 reward Captain Peary lot HIS
2 s,scoverv OF the North Poie.
1,s,rg practically every form OF IN
..,rs NJ, actually prohibited by par
,,..n,.rv decency, Representative Ma
'@ Arkansas attacked the claims OF
Macon who several days ago an
..d that in using the languages
.o',,trI and deliberate liar, dirty little
.u,.rer of words and contempuoie nt'ie
-, ;. had gone about as far as MS
.ferovsh'p with the Methodist Church
,srr,itted." added some original phrases
90 the history Of debate
pe declared that Peary's whole story
was "a fake pure and simple he saio
.,.scon,smpt FOR fake heroes was sn-
80 and he intimated that he put the
hsro NJ san Juan Hill'' in that class. he
deneunced the Peary Arctic Club ano
ehsrred that &, had maintained a paid
,,,h,. in Washington. lie said that
PRESIDENT Tafts Judgment il this mat
,sr was not 10 he accepted, for he had
l,ro~ a =
Peary.
paving his compliments 10 the editors
., The New York Times and The
New York Post Mr.. Macon character
,zed fhcm a. "unblushing knoN-all tit
h,,s" ard "rea-eyed. rin-hoaded and
rutrid -tcngUcd inhnitesimals."
Mseon's Opinion Of Peary.
He referred N Peary as p FUR trader:
pictured him as a self-oxaggerated. self
oplnionetcd puTed up near-hero.' and
finally denounced him as IAN unfaithful
ter,ant and an idle loafer. who ought to
he driven from thc service instead Of
being promoted ~
He said he had the utmost contempt
for human beings soFweazen hrained'
that they were AFRAID to say what they
really thogs' g about Peary' because
they feared .one Inbmshing know all.
,ssAit editor Of s'ellow journals like The
New YORK Times or The New York
Post would call them ignorant blather-
sixties
Il pity" he continued. "a man who is
r. ignorant as 10 be terrorstricken all
the time for fear he will be called is-
rorant by some saphead or so cowardly
that he is afraid to think his own
thoughts for fcar some graft loving
editor will md out what he Is thinking
about and adycrse'. ..i'' .-a him there
for"
Mr. Macon expressed tho belief that
Peary and Cook. on one Of the trips to
the North when they were companions.
figured out that IL would be easy for
man TO fake a discovery of the pole.
and he charged that they both started
out az the same time TO claim the dis
torery. He declared that instead Of
being rewarded with promotion TO the
rank Of rear admiral, as President Taft
and the Committee on Naval Affairs
have recommended Peary's feat was at
best worthy only of medal like those
awarded 10 marathon runners.
Moore Rebukes Macon.
Representative Moore, of Pennsyl-
vania, defended Pearys claims, and Gre
sted tense situation when he called Mr..
Macon's remarks IAN unjust and out
rageous assault on one Of the nations
heroes, and an offensive diatribe." Mr..
Moore said he observed with pleasure
mat the press gallery was empty while
the belligerent Arkansan was speaking.
/ am glad 10 know" ne said that no
one In that gallery was willing TO sit
there and listen TO the diatribes Of the
gentleman from Arkansas. offensive as
tney were. upon one OF the great men of
'nls country; or TO listen to the violent
epithets he applied to newspaper edi-
tors"
Mr' Moore proceeded to pay a glowing
uloute TO Captain Peary. saying that his
attainment Of the pole had come at the
shd o. twenty-three years of laborious
Work and unknown hardships Peary,
ne SAD. had brought back scientific in
formation coveted by all the other coun-
ules Of the world. He took Mr.. Macon
sharply 70 task for his praise Of foreign
heroes and his unjust remarks" about
son OF America. Mr. Moore said he re-
sented the terms "fakcr" and "loafer'
sppDed to Captain Peary.
he said there was always some one to
"e tound 10 suspect every performance
oy men Of genius and courage. He re-
'eHed to Captain Hobson's exploit with
.ne Merrimac and TO Dewey's victory at
Manila Bay.
Heroes like these" said Mr. Moore,
nave not the time to stop and deal with
e'ery dog that barks at their heels"
representative Saunders. of Virginia,
SPOKE briefly in support Of Captain
feafy. He declared there was nothing
!" uphold Mr.. Macon's attempt TO dis
ueoit Peary's story. Subjected TO every
'est he asserted that Captain Peary's
''ory stands out clean"
hr Moore had read and put into the
record letter from Rear Admiral Ches-
WI OF the navy, who passed upon
Teary's proofs, in which he said, in part:
a. would also like 10 add with regard TO
&c OH repeated and absurd criticism con-
slhng Commander Peary's rapid march
srut.er leaving mis- main party on April J.,
~ fact that ! do not think is generally
sloNn II should be remembered that he
sovanced North with a force comprising
personnel and equipment selected from the
t~tt IN optfre command and with cop-