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Show STEPHENSON NOT GUILTY But Committee Vote Is Close, Being 7 to 5 Washington, Feb. 10. By a vote of seven to five the senate committee on privileges and elections today approved' ap-proved' the report of the sub-committee eonerating Senator Isaac Ste-phonson Ste-phonson from charges of corruption in connection with his election Senators Clapp, Jones, Kenyon, Kern and Lea voted In tho negative and will present a minority report to the senate. They took the position that the ependlture of $107,000 In the primary raised a presumption of wrongdoing on the part of Senator Stephenson, and that they failed to find In the evidence that such a presumption pre-sumption had been removed. Senators Dillingham, Gamble, Hey-burn, Hey-burn, Sutherland, Johnston, Fletcher, Bradley and Pomeranco voted in favor of Senator Stephenson. |