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A young lawyer learns at midnight that he is the presidential nominee and later travels west with a reporter beside him.
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候補者の概要
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- 113,000語
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- 初版刊行年
- 1905by ジョセフ・A・アルツシェラー
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候補者 in short
The Candidate follows one campaign from a convention hall at midnight to the final returns. A young Western lawyer becomes his party's nominee almost by accident, and Harley rides beside him through five months of speeches, storms and surprises. Grayson wins people by sincerity and warmth, and he must decide whether to obey the rich backers who want him quiet.
What 候補者 is about
What happens when a young lawyer from the far West learns in the middle of the night that he is the nominee for President of the United States? In The Candidate, a newspaper correspondent named Harley runs through the streets to be the first to tell him. James Madison Grayson, whom his neighbors call Jimmy, never expected the prize.
Joseph A. Altsheler, an American novelist who died in 1919, wrote this political romance around a single race, from the June convention to the first Tuesday in November. It joins a campaign to a love story, a murder mystery and dry humor. Under it runs one question: what does a man owe his conscience when rich backers want him quiet?
対象読者. This book suits readers who enjoy American history, election campaigns and speeches, and anyone who likes a warm romance, a touch of mystery and a hero who wins people with kindness.
The story in 10 parts
Key idea 1 · free to read
A dark horse wins the nomination overnight
Applause roars through an enormous convention hall after a fierce struggle. Grayson, a young lawyer with little more than a local name, has been chosen by his party. He wins because every better known man has a fault that someone can name, and nobody can find one in him.
Harley, a correspondent fresh from a war abroad, senses the result before it comes. At midnight he sprints through the streets, dodging a policeman who takes him for a pickpocket. In the hotel room, Grayson and his wife, Anna, know nothing. Harley asks what he would do if he were nominated, and Grayson says a wise public man never answers such questions. Harley says he must, because it has already happened. The candidate flushes, then goes white.
Next morning Grayson opens the door himself and calls his wife his chief political adviser. On the streetcar, strangers call the nominee Jimmy, and nobody means any disrespect. Harley's editor wires that he must stay with Grayson until election night.
A great office can fall to an ordinary man who never schemed for it.
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A wary reporter meets a Western household
Harley arrives for dinner at the Grayson house in evening clothes he fears are too formal.
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The first speech wins a city and starts a rumor
In Chicago, twenty thousand people fill a hall to hear Grayson open his campaign.
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Rich backers and a sneering correspondent close in
Another group watches Grayson.
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A mountain king and a child of the mountains
At the Milwaukee hotel, a huge man with an iron-gray beard kisses Sylvia on the forehead.
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Grayson's kindness is a campaign of its own
The campaign is exhausting.
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Western tests: a snob, a murder and a ghost town
Three episodes test the party.
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The break at Philipsburg
As the race nears its end, the tariff question climbs into the headlines.
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Love, loyalty and the cost of a promise
The second plot is a quiet struggle over a promise.
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A story told from the train window
The book is told mostly through Harley's eyes.
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Characters, plot and themes
Main characters
- John Harley A careful newspaper correspondent raised in the South and trained in New York, who follows Grayson across the country and slowly becomes his friend and adviser.
- James Madison Grayson The young Western lawyer nominated for President, a gifted speaker who wins crowds by sincerity and wants to say what he truly believes.
- Sylvia Morgan Grayson's quick-witted niece from Idaho, brave and teasing, who has promised to marry the man who saved her as a child.
- Anna Grayson The candidate's quiet, observant wife, who gives political advice and tries gently to steer the lives of the young people around her.
- William Plummer Known as King Plummer, a huge rancher and mining millionaire who rules mountain politics and wants Sylvia as his wife.
- Churchill The correspondent of the New York Monitor, who trusts European opinion, sneers at Western ways and sends warnings against the candidate.
- Hobart A cheerful crime reporter filling in on the campaign, always hunting a mystery and fond of trouble.
- Clinton Goodnight A wealthy manufacturer and congressman who leads the party's financial wing and wants Grayson to stay silent on the tariff.
How it ends (spoiler)
Grayson's tariff speech costs him the rich wing of his party, and the votes come in badly from the East. Then Massachusetts, Iowa, California and finally Pennsylvania swing to him, and he is elected President by a small margin. Sylvia and Harley, rescued from a blizzard in a rocky hollow, are released at last by King Plummer, who chooses to remain her father. Harley and Sylvia will marry.
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『候補者』についての質問
What is The Candidate by Joseph A. Altsheler about?
It follows a young Western lawyer, Jimmy Grayson, who is nominated for President by surprise, and a reporter named Harley who rides with him for five months. The story mixes speeches, adventures, party politics and a love story.
Who is King Plummer in The Candidate?
King Plummer is William Plummer, a big Idaho rancher and mining millionaire who controls many mountain votes. He rescued Sylvia Morgan as a child, raised her, and later asks her to marry him.
Is The Candidate a true story?
No, it is a novel. Altsheler set it in an American election that feels real, with trains, telegraph lines and mass rallies, but the people and events are imagined. It was written in the early twentieth century.
Is The Candidate easy to read?
Yes, in the sense that it moves briskly. The chapters are short and each has a clear scene, such as a speech, a rescue or a dinner, and the humor and dialogue keep the story lively.
What is the main message of The Candidate?
The book argues that honesty, courage and kindness can be a source of political strength. It shows a candidate who will not be bullied by powerful backers, and also shows how love and loyalty shape a life.
この版を引用します
Altsheler, Joseph A. The Candidate. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-candidate.
Altsheler, J. A. (2026). The candidate. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-candidate (Original work published 1905)
Altsheler, Joseph A. The Candidate. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/the-candidate.
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title = {The Candidate},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
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note = {First published 1905}
}
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