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The most serious problem faced by the Progressive Party was money. The business interests who usually funded Republican campaigns were either sitting this one out, or supporting Taft.  Newspaper publisher [[Frank Munsey]] provided most of the funds, with large sums also given by [[George W. Perkins]]. Perkins was a divisive factor; a former top official of U.S. Steel, he single-handedly removed the antitrust plank from the Progressive platform.  Radicals such as Pinchot deeply distrusted Perkins and Munsey, though realizing the fledgling party depended on their deep pockets.  A few newspapers endorsed Roosevelt, including the Chicago Tribune, but the great majority stood behind Taft or Wilson. Lacking a strong party press, the Bull Moosers had to spend most of their money on publicity. Finally the new party was funded by publisher [[Frank A. Munsey]] and its executive secretary [[George W. Perkins]], a leading financier.

The most serious problem faced by the Progressive Party was money. The business interests who usually funded Republican campaigns were either sitting this one out, or supporting Taft.  Newspaper publisher [[Frank Munsey]] provided most of the funds, with large sums also given by [[George W. Perkins]]. Perkins was a divisive factor; a former top official of U.S. Steel, he single-handedly removed the antitrust plank from the Progressive platform.  Radicals such as Pinchot deeply distrusted Perkins and Munsey, though realizing the fledgling party depended on their deep pockets.  A few newspapers endorsed Roosevelt, including the Chicago Tribune, but the great majority stood behind Taft or Wilson. Lacking a strong party press, the Bull Moosers had to spend most of their money on publicity. Finally the new party was funded by publisher [[Frank A. Munsey]] and its executive secretary [[George W. Perkins]], a leading financier.

[[Image:PamphletFrontPageProgressivePartyPlatform1912.jpg|thumb|left|190px|The Platform of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party]]

[[Image:PamphletFrontPageProgressivePartyPlatform1912.jpg|thumb|right|190px|The Platform of Theodore Roosevelt's Progressive Party]]

===1912 Platform===

===1912 Platform===

Pacifist [[Jane Addams]], a leading supporter, was stunned to discover she had to endorse a platform that called for the building of two new battleships a year. Perkins, a board member of [[U.S. Steel]] corporation, was blamed for blocking an anti-trust plank, thus shocking reformers like [[Gifford Pinchot]] who saw Roosevelt as a true trust-buster.  Other items included in the platform were:

Pacifist [[Jane Addams]], a leading supporter, was stunned to discover she had to endorse a platform that called for the building of two new battleships a year. Perkins, a board member of [[U.S. Steel]] corporation, was blamed for blocking an anti-trust plank, thus shocking reformers like [[Gifford Pinchot]] who saw Roosevelt as a true trust-buster.  Other items included in the platform were: