The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-11-14
MR. CAMPS POSITION.

If he can prove them. he will surprisl
Mr.. Camps friends. And while Mr.. CamI
himself will not say anything for publica
tloa just now, he asserts that in all his out
side business operations he has done nothing
which will not bear the closest scrutiny, or
which would snirch in the slightest degree
the record of manager of the clearing
house. of which he is very proud.
1t is a bad lot that Mr.. Squire has thus
been as sociating with Mr.. Camps name
Ives is that audacious bird of prey who has
been called the young Napoleon of Wall
street, who was confined In Jail for year
with his partner, George Fl. Stayner, on
charges Of fraud in connsc ion with the pur-
| chase OF the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Day
ton railroad, who was tried on these charges
and narrowly escaped conviction, ten out
OF the twelve jurymen voting to convict
him. Albert Meter left about as unenvi-
able man in Wall street as any brokerl who
ever prActiced sharpness there, and the ST. ry
of his collapse of the American exchange Is
still told upon Wall street as an illustra-
ton of the case with which the public
can sometimes be gulled by pretension and
| sham.
The reflection which is made upon Mr..
Camp Is a severe one for man occupying
| the position which he has for many years
but it will take something besides the IN
supported accusations, even though made
| on oath, of MIR. Squire to convince the
Clearing House Association that its man
ager could have permitted himself to come
within the shadow, even, of questionable
| transactions.
CAMP AND SQUIRE IN THE CLEARING HOUSE.
What the New York clearing house is it
largely owes to Manager Camp, and it has
always been felt that he was ably assisted
by Mr.. Squire; yet two men more utterly
militia than GaOn opd
hardly be possible to bring together in the
management of great association like this.
They are both of them characters of
strongly marked individuality; in fact, Mr..
Camps peculiar mannerisms, his eccen-
tricity of speech, his gentle business, his
habit of standing with his hand on his hip
and his head tilted to one side as be gave
severity or mournful look as he gave
some hint of the struggles of a bank
to maintain itself-a1 these we're so
striking that a playwright put them into q
play last year. and an able mimic repro
duoed them upon the stage with such vivid
ness that it almost seemed as if Mr.. Camp
must be before the audience. Had the rest
of the play been as good as this character
depletion, it would have been great soc
cess. But Notwithstanding the gently
humorous mannerisms OF Mr.. Camp and
the suggestion one gets from his conversa-
ton and way that he has all his life been
balancing dollars and cents and clearing
checks, a suggestion which sometimes
makes him with his curious personality al
most appear like dollar mark-the clear
ing house has been very proud Of his
achievements.
1t takes q brain of unusual capacity to
carry millions daily and to oversee the
clearances Of the sixty odd banks which
comprise the association, and not one man
in a thousand possesses it. Such lifelong
experience makes a man individual, and
causes him to assume the Appearance of one
whose years have been absorbed in the
study of mathematics. Under Camps
management the clearing house houss has
been able to prevent, within the past fifteen
years, shock and panic which would have
convulsed the country. Only last winter it
was the clearing house, which stood like
bulwark between the assaults of those who
were frightened after the Barring failure and
the weaker banks, and saved them. No
man who makes financial affairs life BUSH
ness in this city has had a more stainless re-
pute than MIR. Camp. and If Mr.. Squire is
now able to notify his accusations with
proof, it may indeed be said, as Washington
said when Arnold's treason was made known
TO him.. Whom can we trustF' and it will
take the strongest kind Of proof to cause
such an interrogatory.