The Wasp — 1887 — page 341: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily text-based editorial content rather than visual cartoons. The main article discusses De Lancey Nicoll's platform speech for the 1887 Democratic mayoral race in New York City, critiquing his four-point reform platform as insufficient. The piece satirizes Nicoll's proposals for prosecuting offenders, eliminating public thieves, suppressing bootleg houses, and improving police conduct—arguing these are basic governance duties rather than genuine reform. The editorial suggests such modest promises expose how little progress New York politics actually offers working people, mocking the gap between political rhetoric and actual change. The surrounding content addresses British charity issues and New England sporting controversies, but contains no visible political cartoons on this page.