The Wasp — 1889 — page 13: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily a **text-based editorial page** rather than a illustrated cartoon page. The masthead identifies it as *The Wasp*, Volume XXII, a San Francisco satirical publication. The content includes several political commentaries: 1. **General Salomon's military gambit** - satirizing an unnamed general's failed military maneuver involving "freeboosters" (likely filibusters) 2. **Spring Valley water rates dispute** - mocking corrupt dealings between San Francisco politicians and the Spring Valley Water Company over unfair rate increases 3. **Senator Blair of New Hampshire** - criticizing his constitutional amendments regarding education and religion 4. **State Legislature composition** - commenting on Sacramento's new representatives and supervisors The satire targets political corruption, corporate monopolies, and incompetent governance characteristic of Gilded Age California politics.