The Wasp — 1891 — page 121: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **text-based political commentary** rather than illustrated cartoons. The masthead shows The Wasp's decorative logo featuring a wasp. The main articles critique: 1. **"The Defeat of the Election Bill"** — analyzing why the "Lodge Election Bill" failed, blaming Republican infighting and Senator Ingalls of Kansas for abandoning party loyalty 2. **"Late Bourbon Threats"** — attacking Southern Democrats' intolerant attitudes, comparing their opposition to Republican policies (tariffs, mills) to pre-Civil War secessionist rhetoric 3. Brief items on the Chicago Exposition, a Board of Education scandal, and New Jersey's rejection of Chicago's fair funding request The satire targets Republican party fractures and Democratic obstruction, using heated political language typical of Gilded Age partisan journalism.