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Show STEPHENSON LACKS ONE VOTE OF BEING ELECTED. Madison. Wis., Jan. 27. Senator Isaac Stephenson lacked but one vote of being re-elected to the United States senate for a full term on the first ballot bal-lot In the Joint assembly today. There being two sonators absent, the total vote was 131, thus requiring sixty-six votes for a choice. Senator Stephenson Stephen-son received sixty-five. Several members who voted for him yesterday deserted him today, as the charge of primary corruption has been made against him. |