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William Howard Taft (view source)
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===Party schism===
===Party schism===
[[Image:1912fight.jpg|thumb|450px|TR (the bull) is attacked from all sides; Taft on horseback at left; ''Puck'' magazine]]
[[Image:1912fight.jpg|thumb|550px|TR (the bull) is attacked from all sides; Taft on horseback at left; Wilson (right) moves in for the kill. ''Puck'' magazine]]
Despite his obvious achievements, progressives decried Taft's acceptance of the ''[[Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act]]'', which lowered the tariff on the farm products of the western states, whose citizens desired lower rates on Eastern factory products. Taft opposed to the entry of the state of [[Arizona]] into the Union because of its judicial features. Progressives grumbled that he worked too closely with conservative Senator [[Nelson W. Aldrich]] and Speaker of the House [[Joseph G. Cannon]]. By 1910, Taft's party was deeply divided between progressives and conservatives.
Despite his obvious achievements, progressives decried Taft's acceptance of the ''[[Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act]]'', which lowered the tariff on the farm products of the western states, whose citizens desired lower rates on Eastern factory products. Taft opposed to the entry of the state of [[Arizona]] into the Union because of its judicial features. Progressives grumbled that he worked too closely with conservative Senator [[Nelson W. Aldrich]] and Speaker of the House [[Joseph G. Cannon]]. By 1910, Taft's party was deeply divided between progressives and conservatives.
[[Image:1912GOP.JPG|thumb|250px|Taft forces defeated Roosevelt and controlled the convention]]
[[Image:1912GOP.JPG|thumb|250px|Taft forces defeated Roosevelt and controlled the convention]]