convention, being held in Santa Fe, who had just nominated my grandfather, Governor Arthur Seligman for a re-election bid. It is of note that FDR was paralyzed from the waist down in 1921. He had been fitted with a pair of iron braces that allowed him to stand while giving speache by holding on totthe lectern or other support with one or both hands. His affliction was a closely giuarded secret from the American public.
Prominent among the audience was senator Bronson Cutting. He was a "progressive- party Republican" that supported both Seligman and Roosevelt. According to the following news article, he was invited to speak by Governor Roosevelt but declined after joining him on the speakers platform.