ing ▁A dev ăr ul , ▁published ▁by ▁his ▁former ▁associate ▁T oma ▁Bas iles cu , ▁who ▁had ▁been ▁the ▁original ▁gaz ette ' s ▁administrator ▁for ▁the ▁previous ▁year . ▁In ▁June ▁ 1 8 9 2 , ▁an ▁ar bit ral ▁trib unal ▁decided ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁B eld iman , ▁ordering ▁Bas iles cu ▁to ▁close ▁down ▁his ▁paper . ▁ ▁With ▁time , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁had ▁moved ▁from ▁advoc ating ▁King ▁Carol ' s ▁replacement ▁with ▁a ▁local ▁r uler ▁to ▁supporting ▁republic an ism . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 3 , ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁extended ▁campaign , ▁during ▁which ▁it ▁gathered ▁letters ▁of ▁protest ▁from ▁its ▁readers , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁obtained ▁the ▁can cellation ▁of ▁plans ▁for ▁a ▁public ▁subscription ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁the ▁eng agement ▁of ▁Crown ▁Prince ▁Ferdinand ▁to ▁Marie ▁of ▁Edinburgh . ▁In ▁addition , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁began ▁milit ating ▁for ▁a ▁number ▁of ▁major ▁social ▁and ▁political ▁causes , ▁which ▁it ▁perce ived ▁as ▁essential ▁to ▁dem ocracy . ▁In ▁its ▁ 1 5 ▁points ▁of ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁it ▁not ably ▁demanded ▁universal ▁suff rage ▁to ▁replace ▁the ▁census ▁method ▁en sh r ined ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 6 ▁Constitution , ▁un ic amer al ism ▁through ▁a ▁dis est ab lish ment ▁of ▁the ▁Senate , ▁a ▁land ▁reform ▁to ▁replace ▁le ase hold ▁est ates , ▁self - g overn ance ▁at ▁a ▁local ▁level , ▁progress ive ▁tax