Chomin NAKAE, who was on the side of Minto party, wrote in his "Ichinenyuhan" (One and a Half Year Left) (1901) and lamented: 'I have always looked up to a person who is sincere, who is not lazy, who is not brash; that is to say, two people; Kowashi INOUE and Senichi Shirane.
民党側にあった中江兆民は「一年有半」（1901年）の中で「余近時に於いて真面目なる人物、横着ならざる人物、ヅウヅウしからざる人物、ただ両人を見たり、曰く井上毅、曰く白根専一。