New-York tribune., 1906-08-12
RECORD MAKES DENIAL.
Jersey City Corporation Counsel
Says Riparian Charges 4re False.

George /. Record Corporation Counsel Of Jersey
City and candidate for the United States Senate.
on the independent platform. in opposition 70 Sem
ator Dryden issued reply yesterday 70 charges
made against him recently by John c. Payne be-
fore the committee Of the New Jersey Senate in
vestigating the Riparian Commission In the in
PRODUCTION MFR. Record charges that private papers
were purolned from his Office and delivered 70 his
political enemies; that Payne had access 10 his
papers and that IL these thefts which caused
him to order the Riparian Commission to vacare
his office.
Mr.. Record then takes up the charges seriatirn
and declares there was no graft; that what he did
was done with the knowledge and consent Of the
board; that all the fees he received legal and
honorable. He demands an immediate hearing.
Concerning the charge that he owed money TO
the state. Mr.. Record sayss
This, is an old charge. and was answered a year
ago. i never owed the state any money did
take out in common with two other gentlemen a
a month or two. the grantees assuming my share
OF the rental This frental remained uneolieeted
body az Trenton. i was finally taken up by some7
showed him how 10 eeleef ~ an,onnf h it f
which was done. / never individually owed any
AS to the charge that am in possession of office
furniture belonging to the state il is absolutely
Of offices in the Fuller Building was furnished by
the Commercial Trust Building we fitted up one
large room with furniture a meeting room
The other three rooms were fitted up with furni-
ture from the former rooms used by my firm, ex-
cept that In one OF the small rooms We purchased
rug.
When the bills all in, stated to Mr.. Payne
that / would pay whatever share of the expense
OF removal and refitting the board should see fit.
He subsequently stated that the board would con-
slider II fair IL I would pay ;g7 50, which was
made up Of ~ 50 paid by for rug. and the
balance, SO, paid to the board 10 Mr. Payne
in It's behalf. When the Riparian Commission was
requested TO leave my Offices early this year. the
question of the division of the Office furniture
arose.
II is charged that I receiving money wrong
fully in payment for office since the Riparian
Commission left my office The facts are that when
IL became known abroad in the building that the
commission was TO leave I had several persons
apply for the rooms. I put the price at s65 upon
the rooms which 1 could spare, and offered
this from two sources Subsequently the commits
sion asked me II could not arrange for them to
get some other rooms in the ssame building. I saw
Messrs. Potts & Higgins who had rooms suitable
Tor the commission They willing TO change,
but were only willing to pay what they were
then paying TO wit. $50 a month
stated to the commission thac those were the
only rooms which could find and they chose
TO pay Potts g. Higgins the extra sl5 or 70 pay
me that amount, would rent 10 MessrS. Potts &,
Higgins my rooms. This arrangement was car
red out: Mr.. Payne's part In II was unknown to
me- and is immaterial from my standpoint I
simply obtained for the rooms, through Messrs
Potts q Higgins and the Riparian Commission
what l was offered from other sources This wa
within my right and a disposal of nv own
property at the market price.