The Wasp — 1887 — page 67: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **text-based editorial and literary content** rather than visual cartoons. The main articles critique **Police Chief Patrick Crowley** for insufficient enforcement against Chinese gambling operations and vice in San Francisco. The editors argue Crowley, despite 15 years' tenure and a reputation as an efficient officer, has failed to suppress illegal activities—noting he's made 12,000 arrests of Chinese individuals but allowed $235,000 in fines to enter the public treasury rather than genuinely cleaning up the problem. The page also includes poetry and satirical commentary on other social topics. No prominent political figures or visual caricatures are evident in this particular section.