The Wasp — 1893 — page 400: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is primarily an editorial/opinion page rather than a cartoon page. The masthead identifies *The Wasp* as "The Oldest Cartoon Paper in Colors in the United States," published by The Wasp Publishing Company in San Francisco. The page contains multiple opinion pieces discussing contemporary political issues: the Geary Act (Chinese exclusion law), debates about presidential power and the Constitution, and local San Francisco matters including the Olympic Club's leadership crisis and a proposed closure of the Polytechnic School. The tone is nationalist and anti-immigration, supporting exclusionary policies. No prominent cartoons are visible on this particular page—it's primarily text-based editorial commentary on American political and social issues of 1893.