| Hirata attempted to form Sawakai, a party consisting of selected members within the House of Peers, and established the stronghold of the bureaucrat faction of the House of Peers that was under direct control of Yamagata. |
平田は貴族院 (日本)内で勅撰議員を中心とする会派・茶話会の結成に務め、山縣直系の貴族院官僚派の牙城を築いた。 |