On December 10, 1903, at the opening of the Diet, a chairman of the House of Representatives, Hironaka KONO broke with the precedent of the House and added an impeachment against the Cabinet into Hotobun to the imperial rescript, and he gained approval by the House.
明治36年12月10日、議会開会のさい、衆議院議長河野広中は、開院の勅語にたいして奉答文で議院の先例を破って内閣弾劾の文を綴りこみ、議院の賛成を得た。