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Show The expected has happened. When Mr. Back went back on his nomination, explaining that he, in his Co-op. employment, was liable to be called away from the city much of his time, we had a strong suspicion that he had received a message to the effect that he was not the one who had been "set apart" for honors in the third ward; that the-place the-place was due the old veteran, Fernstrom. It seems that was the program. That reminds us that when the countryman of Gustavus Adolphus was beaten in convention, we cautioned only soft words about him or he would still get the place. "There is honor," etc. |