{"product_id":"2940013265851","title":"THE CANDIDATE","description":"I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE NOMINEE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe huge convention-hall still rang with the thunders of applause, and\u003cbr\u003emost of the delegates were on their feet shouting or waving their hats,\u003cbr\u003ewhen Harley slipped from his desk and made his way quietly to the little\u003cbr\u003eside-door leading from the stage. It was all over now but the noise;\u003cbr\u003eafter a long and desperate fight Grayson, a young lawyer, with little\u003cbr\u003emore than a local reputation, had been nominated by his party for the\u003cbr\u003ePresidency of the United States, and Harley, alert, eager, and fond of\u003cbr\u003edramatic effects, intended to be the first who should tell him the\u003cbr\u003esurprising fact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe paused a moment, with his hand on the door, and, looking out upon the\u003cbr\u003ehall with its multitude of hot, excited faces, ran quickly over the\u003cbr\u003eevents of the last three or four days. Ten thousand people had sat\u003cbr\u003ethere, hour after hour, waiting for the result, and now the result had\u003cbr\u003ecome. The rival parties had entered their conventions, full of doubt and\u003cbr\u003eapprehension. There was a singular dearth of great men; the old ones\u003cbr\u003ewere all dead or disabled, and the new ones had not appeared; the nation\u003cbr\u003ewas conscious, too, of a new feeling, and all were bound to recognize\u003cbr\u003eit; the sense of dependency upon the Old World in certain matters which\u003cbr\u003eapplied to the mental state rather than anything material was almost\u003cbr\u003egone; the democracy had grown more democratic and the republic was more\u003cbr\u003erepublican; within the nation itself the West was taking a greater\u003cbr\u003eprominence, and the East did not begrudge it. It was felt by everybody\u003cbr\u003ein either party that it would be wiser to nominate a Western man, and,\u003cbr\u003ethe first having done so, the second, as all knew it must, now followed\u003cbr\u003ethe good example.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMoreover, both conventions had nominated \"dark horses,\" but the second\u003cbr\u003enominee was the \"darker\" of the two. James Madison Grayson,\u003cbr\u003eaffectionately called Jimmy Grayson by his neighbors and admirers, was\u003cbr\u003equite young, without a gray hair in his head, tall, powerfully built,\u003cbr\u003esmooth-shaven, and with honest eyes that gazed straight into yours. He\u003cbr\u003ewas known as a brave man, with fine oratorical powers and a winning\u003cbr\u003epersonality, but he had come to the convention merely as a delegate, and\u003cbr\u003ewithout any thought of securing the nomination for himself. Not a single\u003cbr\u003evote had been instructed for him, but in that lay his opportunity. All\u003cbr\u003ethe conspicuous candidates were weak; good men in themselves, a solid\u003cbr\u003epolitical objection could be raised against every one of them, and for a\u003cbr\u003ewhile the voting was scattered and desultory. Then Grayson began to\u003cbr\u003eattract attention; as a delegate he had spoken two or three times,\u003cbr\u003ealways briefly, but with grace and to the point, and the people were\u003cbr\u003eglad both to see him and to hear him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt last a far-sighted old man from the same state knew that the moment\u003cbr\u003ehad come when the convention, staggering about in the dark, could be\u003cbr\u003eled easily along any road that seemed the path of light. He mentioned\u003cbr\u003ethe name of Grayson, putting it forward mildly as a suggestion that he\u003cbr\u003ewould withdraw at the first opposition, but his very mildness warded off\u003cbr\u003eattack. Received rather lightly at first, the suggestion soon made a\u003cbr\u003estrong appeal to the delegates. Nothing could be urged against Grayson;\u003cbr\u003ehe was quite young, it was true, but youth was needed to make a great\u003cbr\u003ecampaign--the odds were heavily in favor of the other party. Nor were\u003cbr\u003ethere lacking those who, expecting defeat, said that a young man could\u003cbr\u003ebear it better than an old one, and a beating now might train him for a\u003cbr\u003evictory four years hence.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47121012883696,"sku":"2940013265851","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013265851_p0.jpg?v=1763590270","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013265851","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}