Show AMERICAN PARTY VOTE LOST how an enthusiast talked himself out of his rights W E algus one of the stalwart republicans of sali lake i Is here tor i the day lie 16 explaining how the party managed to retain third in the race in the lato city election and gayb he rejoices in the fact that his party as ahead of the socialists and v therefore not last in the contest he said that lu his district thee was a red hot american party man who on election day came to the polls primed to vote the straight american ticket he took hla ballot from the judge and began to discourse on the strength of abo ticket which he intended to vole much to the disgust of the republican judges theu taking the ballot ho folded it and with 1 flourish presented it to the judge the latter put abo ballot lu the box but no sooner had he done so than mr american party mail announced in an exclamation cla mation of chagrin that he bad forgotten to mark the ballot jand it back and demanded that he be given a fresh ballot 0 o vote this the judges smilingly declined to do and the strenuous one had to depart with the knittl cago that be bad thrown his vote away |