The Wasp — 1891 — page 548: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains five separate articles critiquing California politics and society, with no visible cartoons. The pieces address: 1. **Immigration fears**: Opposition to European emigrant communities settling in America, framed as a threat to American institutions and citizenship. 2. **Oakland's gambling scandal**: Criticism of the city council for corruption related to gambling establishments. 3. **Religious conflict**: Commentary on Presbyterian and Baptist doctrinal disputes, and clergy resistance to modern thought. 4. **Police brutality**: Cases of wife-beating and assault where courts showed leniency, advocating for a "whipping-post" as punishment. 5. **Steve Venard**: An obituary of a Nevada mining figure noted for frontier exploits. The satire targets institutional hypocrisy, judicial weakness, and social disorder in late 19th-century California.