What did William Howard Taft do that alienated progressive Republicans?

a. curbed the power of Speaker of the House Joseph Cannon
b. vetoed a tariff increase
c. dismissed Richard Ballinger
d. campaigned against progressives in the 1910 congressional elections
e. generally became a tool of the conservative Republicans


E

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