The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-06-20
MINER IS CHOICE
 OF COMMUNISTS
 FOR PRESIDENCY
Duncan Mcdonald NOmi- mated By Reclamation
 At St. Paul
LA FOLLETTE'S NAME
 GREETED BY KISSES
Farmers Quit Hall In Face Of Steam Roller
 Of Radicals

CONVENTION HALL, St. Paul, Minn., 19.-T heir steam-roller working unchecked, the communists nominated Duncan Mcdonald, Illi- nois mine worker, as the standard bearer of the.new third party. Will liam Bouck of Washington, was nominated by exclamation for the vice presidency.
 Senator LaFollette was placed in nomination by the Minnesota dele gation, but was immediately with drawn when William Mahoney of St. Paul, told the delegates he had received definite word that the Wis consin progressive would repudiate the nomination.
 Hoots, cat-calls and misses greeted the mention \of LaFollette's name.
 Stage Wild Demonstration Mcdonald then was nominated by exclamation. Communists staged the widest and most enthusiastic demon stration of the convention. hoistinR Mcdonald to their shoulders and carry him to the platform.
 Communists launched a farmer-labor third party" here Thursday night. The convention, which was called to mold he discOntented workers and farm CTS, fell under open control of the com munists in its final session and about twenty farmer delegates quietly left the hall.
 There was no open bolt, but w. J. Taylor of Nebraska, said in the last speech for the farmers that inasmuch as the communist steam roller is working" he and his friends would quit the place.
 When the communists succeeded in ditching Senator Robert NJ. LaFollette as prospective presidential candidate, Taylor and his comrades got up and walked out without word of protest.
 Dominate Convention
 The entire communist plan of domi. Enation of the convention was carried Ethrough. A A program of selecting iide- pendent delegates was followed and a platform with communicate principles was prepared for adoption. There was hardly struggle against the communist machine.
 Only Taylor, a tall gray haired farm CT with suspenders barred and without collar or tie, took the rostrum against the majority. He defended LaFollette and told the convention that the farm CTS of the nation would not follow if the convention ''slaps BaFollette in the face"
 He walked up and down the platform snapping his suspenders and decryinR the communist steam roller"
 When you attack Bob LaFollette you attack yourselves" he told them. The farmers of this nation have more confidence in LaFollette than they have in communism. Stick by LaFoilette." i"
 Farmer Is Kissed
 But the convention hissed him and voted to adopt the majority report of the nominations committee, which per mitted the communists through the third party to put into the field an in- dependent set of presidential and vice presidential candidates.
 The farmers representatives had wanted to indorse LaFollette if he would run, The communists were re- sentful against LaFollette for his re- cent denunciation of them and their convention. They openly denouced him from the stage.
 The fireworks started in the morn ing when Delegate Mills of California hinted at a revolt against the com munist rule. The convention was inn mediately adjourned without a vote by Chairman Taylor of Montana, to en- able the fighting forces to get together But developments in the afternoon split the forces again and resulted in the final break.
 The convention took up a collection of $7O2.S9 to pay rent of the hall and expenses of launching the new party. The clash between communists and farmer-labOr clements flared up repeat edly during the discussion proceeding the adopting of the platform, a commun- istic document calling for nationaliza- tion of industry and other radical pro- grams. The fight of the anti-commun- istS to tame down" the platform was rewarded with htile success, only mi- ! nor changes in wording being adopted.