MATSUKATA did not accept the Progressive Party members joining the Cabinet, except for OKUMA as the Minister of Foreign Affairs (Japan), but agreed to select the General secretary of the Cabinet, the director of Cabinet Legislation Bureau, as well as some counsellors who were appointed by the Emperor at the time from the Progressive Party side.
松方は進歩党からは大隈の外務大臣(日本)以外の入閣は認めなかったものの、内閣書記官長・内閣法制局長官、更に当時勅任官であった参事官の一部を進歩党系から出すことで合意に達した。