The Minister of Agriculture and Commerce, Munemitsu MUTSU protested against this by own resignation (MUTSU was an incumbent House of Representatives member before dissolution. He did not stand in this time, but commended his younger brother by courtesy, Kunisuke OKAZAKI (cousin) and Toru HOSHI), and SHINAGAWA also resigned.
これに陸奥宗光農商務大臣が抗議して辞任（陸奥は解散以前は現職衆議院議員。今回は自身は出なかったが、弟分である岡崎邦輔（従弟）・星亨の推薦人であった）、品川も辞任した。