The Wasp — 1895 — page 226: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This March 23rd *Wasp* cover satirizes Senators Biggy and Dunn from San Francisco's August delegation. The cartoon depicts them literally dumping garbage labeled "Legislative Dump" near the California Capitol building ("Buddle Hall"). The figures are shown as careless legislators surrounded by refuse, with labels like "Thieving," "Boodler," "Biggy," "Liar," "Demagogue," and "Dunn" attached to various pieces of trash. The satire suggests these senators conducted corrupt or wasteful legislative business, treating their session like garbage disposal rather than governance. The cartoon's caustic tone indicates *Wasp* viewed these political figures as corrupt "distinguished law-makers" in name only—their actual conduct involved moral and political refuse rather than legitimate legislation.