The Wasp — 1888 — page 53: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily text-based content rather than cartoon illustrations. The main article discusses the Democratic Party's efforts to address Chinese immigration policy, noting that General Harrison opposed Chinese naturalization while the Democratic platform supported it. The piece satirizes Democratic hypocrisy—they claim to oppose Chinese immigration yet welcome Chinese voters. It mocks their recent San Francisco banquet for Chinese dignitaries as performative politics. Other brief items critique: free beer as political bribery, Wagner's music as pretentious, and Richard Tate (Kentucky treasurer) for allegedly embezzling $400,000 to Canada. The content represents typical late-19th-century American satire of partisan political inconsistency and immigrant-related controversies during the 1888 election cycle.