his advocacy of the french revolution was expressed through an odd political action: after a three-day-long informative meeting, lux held a referendum, about whether his homeland should enter the french first republic, on 2 november 1792 in kostheim. of the 223 men entitled to vote, 213 supported an accession to france; only 2 rejected the idea, the remaining 8 couldn't take part in the referendum. the result of poll was celebrated with a feast, whose climax was the planting of a liberty pole.