The Wasp — 1890 — page 43: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page from *The Wasp* contains two biographical sketches with accompanying portraits rather than satirical cartoons. **Upper section** profiles **General N. P. Chipman**, a Vermont-born lawyer and Civil War officer who served as Major of an Iowa regiment, later became Chief of Staff, a judge advocate, and eventually Secretary of the District of Columbia Territory and congressman. **Lower section** profiles **Hon. James A. Louttit**, a California politician born to Scottish parents in New Orleans. He was a teacher, lawyer, and city attorney of Stockton who served in Congress (1884) as a Republican, defeating Democrat B. Webster and Prohibitionist A. B. Spaulding. The page appears to be documenting notable political and military figures of the era rather than offering satirical commentary.