The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-31
MIR. BEALFSCOOD WORK
MONTGOMERY YOUNG MAN HELPS
 DEMOCRACY.
As President of Club at Columbia Col lege He Conferred with Leader Murphy and Threw Out Re
 publican Votes.

Phelan Beale of Montgomery stu dent at Columbia College, New York City, and an ardent young Democrat. has just scored an achievement for Democracy as President of the Colum- bia College Democratic Club. Mir. Beale is the oldest son of Mr !. and Mrs. J. D. Beale of Montgomery.
 The New York World of October 2s. says:
 Legal proceedings will be institut- ed today before Judge Bischoff. of the Supreme Court, to mandamus the Boards of Registry and compel them to strike every students name from the | official list of voters. This move was decided upon early this morning at a conference between Tammany Hall dis triet leaders and the youthful poiiti- clans of the Columbia College Demo- cratic Club.
 "A few hours earlier Pheian Beale. the clubs president. q student in Co., lumbia's Law School. held long con- | sultation with Charles F. Murphy. It was then practically decided to bring the mandamus proceedings and the nights conference was called to con suit with legal counsel and perfect details.
 Tt is believed that Leader Murphy
 
 upstate managers. so that every stu dent voter will be disqualified before election day.
 The action to be taken before Jus tice Bisehoff today win be based upon a recent decision of the Appellate Die vision of the Supreme Court, in which the disability of the student voter was clearly determined.
 There are two thousand voters in Columbia College. Half of them are legally empowered to vote by actual residence in this city. But the other half will be denied vote under the Appellate Division ruling. in which all the Justices of that court concurred. The mandamus proceeding was frst suggested by the young leaders of the Columbia College Democratic Club | when it became evident to them that the majority of the student voters in the university were Republicans. | They held that the Congressional | fight in the Twenty-first. Twenty-third and Thirty-first Assembly Districts. where most of the college voters are | enrolled, was close. and that any scheme to cut the Republican vote materially would score Democratic victory.
 MT. Beaie, the clubs President. called the leading members together and laid the facts before them. Al this conference were present T. T. | Thorpe. the football tackle. one of the clubs Vice. Presidents; T. ]. Sullivan 6. E. Rogers. c. T. Wyatt. son of Judge Wyatt; T. J Le Poel,J. T. Ca ponigri and young cousin of Charles M, Schwab, the steel magnate. Then
 Leader Murphy was conferred with and the plan was matured. | "So secretly has the work been done that watchful Republicans of the stu. dent body have no inkling of 1t. Moth. ing would have been known of ths move until the action of today before Justice Bischoff, but for the activity of a score of young Columbia Demo. crats & few days ago in copying listi | of student voters. These lists wers | ordered by Leader Murphy. | students of the political situation think that this move of Columbis Democrats will cut the Republican vote at least 500 votes in the Congres. sional District where Francis Leonard Jr. (Democrat), and ex-Assemblymar Bennett (Republican), are opposed. | If the mandamus campaign be sx. | tended to all the colleges of the State many thousands of votes will be lost to somebody"