The Wasp — 1890 — page 362: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page is primarily **advertisements and announcements** rather than editorial cartooning. The dominant feature is a "Campaign Song" lyrics section titled "MARKHAM'S BOOM IS COMING NORTH," which appears to be political verse promoting a candidate named Markham through repeated refrains about his northern campaign advance. The song uses populist language ("Don't you forget they're under bond / To desecrate the Pond") and references Democratic versus Republican positions. Below are brief biographical notices for Republican nominees: Theodore Reichert (Surveyor-General), John H. Durst (City and County Attorney), Col. J.M. Litchfield (Railroad Commissioner), and George Flournoy (City and County Attorney). The page reflects California's late-19th-century electoral politics and local candidate promotion.