premise: A three-part referendum was held in Switzerland on 4 October 1896. Voters were asked whether they approved of a federal law on guarantees in the cattle trade, a federal law on the accounting system for the railways and a federal law on the disciplinary penal code for the federal army. Whilst the law on the railways was approved, the other two were rejected by voters.
hypothesis: A three-part referendum was held in Switzerland in the first week of October 1896.
reason: A three-part referendum was held in Switzerland on 4 October 1896 which is the first week of the month.