In 1875 he was elected as a liberal deputy of the city's "Gemeinderat" municipal assembly, strongly agitating against the government of liberal mayor Cajetan Felder and achieving popularity as a campaigner against corruption.
He was elected as a liberal deputy of the city's "Gemeinderat" municipal assembly, strongly agitating against the government of liberal mayor Cajetan Felder and achieving popularity as a campaigner against corruption. This was in 1875.