Palisadian., 1925-11-27
CAN BUILD BRIDGE
Sen. MACKAY SAYS
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and ten men from New Jersey. There
will be popular memberships with an
annual dues of 81 and organization
memberships with the minimum an
nual fee of $25-but the speaker ex-
planned they could pay more if they
so desired. He said that the Mackay
Bridge Association had grown in less
than years time from 38 members
to 1887 members.
]. Conrad Schneider, president of the
Interstate Hudson River Bridge Asso-
citation of New York and also Presi-
dent Of the Washington Heights
Chamber of Commerce was the next
speaker. He said that when the
Mackay Hudson Bridge thought was
first introduced in New Jersey they
sent representatives over to find out
whether the enthusiasts really wanted
to span the Hudson or boom VIM. B..
Mackay for the Governorship. He
said he found out the effort was a
sincere, non-partisan affair and he i'm
mediately started work on the New
York side. He complimented the
Senator as not only being a dreamer
but a worker who can make his
dreams come true. Mr.. Schneider
stated that there was not a single
organization in the upper part of Man
haitian that now oppose the bridge.
The speaker defied any factions to
make a political football out of the
bridge issue and told of the need of
laying aside party politics and per-
sonal differences in order to make it
reality.
In introducing r. G. McGowen,
editor of the New York Daily News,
the Toastmaster said that he was at
the head of one of the very popular
tabloid papers in New York that gave
the people an opportunity to look at
the pictures of Alice if they didn't
want to read her letters. Mr.. Nc
Gowen responded gracefully and said
that the Hudson Bridge was one Of
the planks in the Daily News platform
for the development of New York and
pledged the support of the publica-
ton.
Theo. Waters, Executive Secretary
of the Rockland County Bureau of
Information and publisher of the
Cummuter, spoke next and told of
the vital interest his fellow citizens
in Rockland County have in the
Bridge and explained how necessary
it is to have everyone enthused about
it so public opinion will force the
legislation desired.
Thomas Martin, Secretary Of State
and Editor Of the Hudson Dispatch,
followed Mr.. Waters and compli-
mented Judge Moore in a subtle way
by saying he didn't see how he held
his job so long in Republican
County when all the other Democrats
were getting the axe. He told some
humorous stories about various acre
age propositions that had been made
to him and said the last time he spoke
at a Mackay function in Bergen
County the next morning his tele-
phone rang and somebody wanted to
know what he was doing up in Ber-
gen booming a Republican Senator.
The Secretary said that Senator
Mackay was Republican, Scotch and
everything that he ought not to be
but was regular fellow and that he
was the only man who ever got Sem
ator Simpson and himself to make
two speeches for one meal and he
added, That's the Scotch of it."
Getting serious MT. Martin de-
clared that no one was more inter
ested in the Bridge than he was and
pledged the support of the Democratic
Governor-Elect A. Harry Moore, and
the Democratic legislators in both
houses from Hudson County. In
closing he said, "We want Billy
Mackay to build the bridge, we'll even
give him a pair of overalls, and after
1t is done and is reality then you
can elect him Governor, if you want
to-"
The next speaker, the Senator him
self, was introduced with the reading
of paper prepared by Editor Logan
Of the Palisadian, which follows:
Having again elected Senator Will
liam B. Mackay to the State Senate
from Bergen, the people may now sit
back and watch him perform. His
vote of to over his Democratic op-
ponent proves Senator Mackay a man
of prodigious strength, and who has