Every modern dog defends wolves
There were several reasons actually. First of all, there was a war before. As it is well known, wars are very expensive. Soldiers needed to be equipped, soldiers need to be paid, etc. Then came the need to pay for heavy costs. Who to tax? For some reason the Colonies were chosen, perhaps as the war was quite literally fought by the colonies.
I believe the answer is A
The position that William Howard Taft wanted more than being the President of the United States was to be the C. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He fulfilled his dream and became the only president in history to serve as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
It's actually D. Bryan was famous for giving his "Cross of Gold" speech in which he advocated for coinage of silver as opposed to gold.