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either recommended the sanction in the council affair, or had entered
the government after the matter was settled, were heavily fined.
A new ministry was now formed, the
Schweigaard-Løvenskiold, or the «April» ministry. It was an attempt to adopt the
policy of the previous government in a moderate form; but from
the very first it met with such decided opposition, that it sent in
its resignation no later than May. An attempt was made to form
a new government with the former minister, Professor O. J. Broch
as leader; but this did not succeed, from want of sympathy among
the minority. The only way to end the strife was for the king to
take a ministry in accordance with the majority in the Storthing.
On the 26th June, the Sverdrup-Richter ministry was
appointed, consisting largely of eminent Storthing’s men. The
Storthing now passed a new bill on the council matter drawn up in slightly
altered terms, which also provided that retired ministers could be
elected for the Storthing outside the district in which they lived. This
resolution was immediately sanctioned, and the vote to the National
Rifle Associations, and the Storthing’s resolution relating to the central
management of the railways, were acceded to. During the time that
followed, the Sverdrup-Richter ministry succeeded in carrying out
a series of important reforms, such as the Conscription Act (1885),
and the new military organisation, based on this Act (1887), and
by a law of the 1st July, 1887, the introduction of the jury was
passed. On the other hand, a bill for congregations and
congregational councils, brought in by Jacob Sverdrup, and intended to give
parishioners greater influence in church matters, met with strong
opposition; and after being rejected by the Storthing, it resulted
in the breaking up of the ministry, and a consequent
disorganisation of the liberal majority. The ministry was indeed
reconstructed in such a manner as to give it internal strength, but its
prestige was weakened, notwithstanding that the liberal groups in
the great questions of the carrying out of the jury law, and
the organisation of public instruction, could still stand together.
When a vote of want of confidence was brought forward by the
conservative party in June, 1889, the Sverdrup ministry gave way
to a conservative ministry on the 12th July, 1889, formed by Emil
Stang, barrister, and called the first Stang-Gram ministry.
By moderation and caution, this ministry, which consisted of
men with a good reputation from former Storthing achievements,
or for administrative activity, succeeded in gaining great influence
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