 These elites won the municipal elections on 17 June 1906, and presided by Ribeiro Jr. and Florêncio Terra as vice-president, they governed the municipality until August 1910.Someone from this group could have been selected as the Civil Governor, but João Franco selected the Terceirense medic Dr. Manuel António Lino who, curiously, only arrived before the municipal elections on the island of Faial.He arrived on the Portuguese cruiser "D. Carlos", and while on-board received the executive commissions of the Liberal-Regenerator and Progressive parties.