The Wasp — 1896 — page 748: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a title/masthead page for *The Wasp*, established 1876, identified as "the oldest cartoon paper in colors in the United States." The decorative header features an illustrated wasp and landscape vignette. The page contains three editorial articles discussing California politics, particularly criticizing Republican and Democratic leadership. One article discusses Jesse Grant (son of General Ulysses S. Grant), attacking him as an unqualified Populist politician. Another critiques De Young of the *Chronicle* newspaper for his political inconsistency. The articles focus on local San Francisco governance disputes and charter questions, but no specific cartoons are visible on this page—it functions as editorial commentary rather than illustrated satire.