Disputes as to iris Successor.---Disputes arose among the senators about the vacant throne. It was not the jealousies of individual citizens, for no one was sufficiently prominent in so, vounz a State. but the rivalries of laarties in the State that led to tnis strife.’ .me 6aoine fiarnxnes were apprenensive of losing tneir fair share of the sovereizn Dower, because after the death of Tatius they nag .nag no representative on the throne;they were anxious, therefore, that the king should be elected from amongst them. The ancient Romans could ill brook a foreign king;but amidst this diversity of political views, all were for a monarchy;they had not yet tasted the， sweetsr“liberty.仆“senator.,沙egan0. to brow apprehensive ox“呷弓aggres那ve act on.势e part。土t钾 surrounding st_ w犷es, now that;.y华e t,Itywas黑itno甘t ap“亏n专rat authority and the army without a general.， A hey aecidea that there must be some head oat the Z3tate, Dut no one could make up his mind to. concede the dignity to any one else. '.the matter was settled bythe hundred senators dividing them.-selves into ten“decuries," and one was chosen from each decury to exercise the supreme power. Ten therefore were in office, one at a tune had the insignia of authority anal the lictors。一Their individual authority was restricted to hive days, exercised it in rotation. This break in the monarchy it was called by the name it still bears .After a tune the plebs began to mur-- c was multiplied, for they had a hundred masters instead of one。It was evident that they would insist upon a king being elected, and elected by them.. When thesenators became aware of this growing determination, theythought it better to offer spontaneously what they were boundto part with, so, as an act of grace, they committed the supremepower into the hands of the people, but in such a way that theydid not give away amore privilege than they retained. For theypassed a decree that when the people had chosen a king, hiselection would only be valid after the senate had, ratified it by their authority. The same procedure exists to-day in thepassing of laws and the election of magistrates, but the powerof rejection has been withdrawn; the senate give their rataica-Lion before the people proceed to vote, whilst the result of the election is still uncertain. ,At that time the " interrex " convened the assembly andaddressed it as follows: " Quirites ! elect your king, and mayheaven's blessing rest on your labours! If you elect one who shall be counted worthy to follow Romulus, the senate will. ratify your choice." So1 gratified were the people at the pro-posal that, not to appear behindhand in generosity, they passeda resolution that it should be left to the senate 'to' decree who should reign. in Rome.