The Wasp — 1890 — page 450: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

**Cartoon I ("A Good Laugh")** depicts a skeletal, emaciated figure labeled as representing immigration policy concerns. The text references Surgeon-General Hamilton's recent report on the "sanitary condition of the emigrant classes coming to America," suggesting the cartoon satirizes xenophobic concerns about immigrant health and social conditions. **Cartoon II** appears to show a figure struggling with or being crushed by paperwork or bureaucratic processes, likely related to voting rights restrictions or registration requirements being discussed in the accompanying article about the Farmers' Alliance. The page's political content heavily criticizes immigration restrictions, voting disenfranchisement proposals (particularly regarding Mississippi), and newspaper competition in San Francisco. The satire targets both restrictive legislation and the politicians promoting it.