Answer is: because conservative Republicans re-elected Taft at the party's 1912 national convention. 1912 National Convention<span> of the </span>Republican Party<span> of the </span>United States was held at Chicago. <span>That was beginning of a split in the party because a power struggle between Taft and former president </span>Theodore Roosevelt. <span> Roosevelt as defeted established new </span><span>Progressive Party.</span>
