The Wasp — 1895 — page 47: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a **text-heavy editorial and news page**, not a cartoon page. The masthead shows *The Wasp* as "The Pictorial Weekly of the Pacific Coast" and "Oldest cartoon paper in colors in the United States." The main content discusses **political reform movements** in San Francisco, particularly critiques of machine politics and calls for civic improvement. Articles reference disputes between newspapers (*Chronicle* vs. *Examiner*), Chief Justice Beatty's judicial decisions, and debates over the Australian ballot system as a corruption-prevention method. One cartoon illustration appears in the upper left—a caricatured figure with exaggerated features—but the text doesn't clearly identify who specifically is depicted or the exact satirical point being made.