The Wasp — 1896 — page 655: what you’re looking at

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This page contains multiple satirical articles rather than a single cartoon. The main content discusses: **"Financial" Section:** A lengthy critique of free silver coinage policy, arguing it would harm debtors, farmers, and working people while benefiting creditors and the wealthy. The author contends that unlimited silver coinage would cause inflation and economic crisis. **Political Commentary:** References to Democratic advocacy of free silver (likely McKinley era politics, early 1900s). **"He Remembered":** A small cartoon/joke at bottom showing a man and woman discussing marriage, implying he's forgotten a romantic moment—a domestic humor piece unrelated to the political content above. The page primarily functions as opinion journalism attacking economic policy through satire and detailed argument rather than visual caricature.