Some members of the House of Peers with the doctrine of superiority, who had a sense of crisis about the establishment of so-called Okuma-Itagaki cabinet in 1898, set up an independent group and maintained its office in the Saiwai-club building.
1898年のいわゆる「隈板内閣」の成立に危機感を抱いた超然主義者の貴族院議員が無所属団を発足させて幸倶楽部内に事務所を設けた。