This, no doubt, was partly due to his compliance with those rules for canvassing which his brother Quintus is said to have drawn out, and which I have quoted; but it proves also the trust which was felt in him by the people.

The candidates, for the most part, were the candidates for the aristocracy.

They were put forward with the idea that thus might the aristocratic rule of Rome be best maintained.

Their elections were carried on by bribery, and the people were for the most part indifferent to the proceeding.

Whether it might be a Verres, or an Antony, or a Hortensius, they took the money that was going.