The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-22
-Fl,s Coming Earthaual.e.

Tsae Coming Earthquake.
There are various indications in
the political heavens Of the coming
"earttaauake" to which Thad. Ste
vens referred when President John
son get after him., 3.
: The reduction Of the radical ma
jority from II, 900 to 600, indicates
the coming storm, when the people
are called upon to vote for Repre-
sentatives to Congress, next fall.
In st. Louis, the strongest castle
OF radicalism in the country, the
friends of Andrew johnson have not
only overcome $500 radical majority,
In twelve months, but they have ac-
tually carried their ticket 10y a ma
lority of over 5000 votes, loss to
the radical party Of about 6, 500. This
shows one of che most colossal revrll-
sions in public opinion which has oc-
CURED anywhere for years past.
At the municipal election in st.
Joseph, last Friday, the vote for
mayor was, Pinger, 548; Beattie, 576;
Pennick, 394. Beattie and Pennick
were both johnson men, so that not
only johnson man was elected, but
the Johnson vote, combined, gave o
majority of 422 over the radical anti
johnson vote.
Mr.. A. w. Cooper, conservative,
was, last week, elected mayor of Glas-
gov, Missouri. With one exception,
the entire conservative ticket was
elected.
At the late Leavenworth, Kansas,
election, Thomas Carney, johnson
Republican candidate for mayor, re-
ceived 2,506 votes, and Benz. F..
Aiken, hutchinson, 9O6, leaving Mr..
Carney a majority of 1900 The
balance of the johnson ticket was
elected by majorities ranging from
$50 to 1,743.
At a recent election in Springfield,
Illinois, the vote showed Republi-
can loss of 400 since the last election,
with conservative majorities ranging
from $50 to 200.
Jackson township, Indiana, has
just given q conservative majority of
twenty-eight. In the last Presidential
election, it gave fifty eight majority
for Lincoln.
The friends.of Andrew Johnson, in
Marion, Ohio, have just elected a
mayor-the first time in twelve years !
There has been O great reaction in
Clermont County. Batavia, which
gave them eighty majority in Octo-
Der, is now about even, with part of
both tickets elected. Stonelick town
ship, which was Republican last fall,
is now Democratic by twenty five ma
jority. These are specimens of the
whole country.
At a recent election at Pottsville,
SchuylGll County, Pennsylvania, the
friends of johnson carried the recent
election for justices, by an average
majority of sixty votes. Heretofore,
the Republicans have carried their
ticket by from 500 to 700 majority.
Pennsylvania is claimed by some
of the Johnson men by $4,000, but
we don't believeit. But these straws
| show the way the wind is blowing,
and justify the Presidents convic-
ton that the people will sustain his
policy
On the coming elections, the Bos-
ton Commercial says:
1.-The great contest for Congress
men, in the autumn, will be one of
momentous Importance. If plan
Of reconciliation is not adopted by
the next Congress, we must look for
years Of strife and contention, which
| will prove disastrous to the best in
terests Of the whole country. The
South is not in that helpless and sub
jugated position many suppose. AT
ter one or two harvests, they will be
q richer and stronger people than
they were before the rebellion; and
if they desire it, much better to con
tend for independence than they ever
were before. "-Memphis B"lleti,..