Show TEMPORA MUTANTUR Verily times change and men change with them Only two short years ago and Gustave H Backman was solicited by the selfappointed redeemers of the city to be their candidate for city recorder re-corder The tender of the nomination by these pseudo patriots was an admission admis-sion of Mr Backmans ability and fitness fit-ness I also implied he wa not In any sense an officeseeker for the nonpartisans nonpar-tisans shrieked from every street corner cor-ner their desire to rid the city of professional pro-fessional politicians and officeholders Obviously they would not have made such a tender to Mr Backman If there was about him the slightest taint of the man in politics for money SIncE that time Mr Backman was elected city recorder an office for which he was recently nominated by the Democratic convention He has served nearly two years and in his official capacity has demonstrated an ability and a devotion to duty that justify fully the nonpartisan nonparti-san desire two years ago to secure such a man for their ticket The affairs of the recorders office have never been better administered Seldom have been so well conducted Mr Backman however is now charged with being a chronic office seeker Up to the time he declined the nonpartisan patriots unanimous tender ten-der of nomination he was a highmind ed citizen competent for any Place and fully deserving But having declined it he immediately lost cast and i now become a target for abuse from the Very people who were S anxious to Identify him with their own cause two years agQ because of his possession of the very attributes they now deny he possesses le possese S < 1 l I > I 1 4 |