 He did not run in the 1903 general elections and targeted the Pamplona council instead; the same year he was elected to the ayuntamiento.As concejal he lambasted militant proletarian initiatives promoting Catholic groupings; as a lawyer he defended priests facing legal problems.Prior to the 1905 electoral campaign the Integrists joined Liga Foral Autonomista, a centre-right alliance active in the Vascongadas and Navarre.