The Wasp — 1892 — page 181: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a political cartoon satirizing anarchist and socialist movements in America. The handwritten text above the illustration warns of "Present Tendency" toward "Anarchistic Demonstration" and predicts a "Standing Army" and "Destruction of the Republic...organized by the Immortal Founder[s] American Liberty." The cartoon below depicts what appears to be a conspiratorial meeting of radical figures—likely anarchists or socialists—gathered around a table in heated discussion. The diverse group includes caricatured individuals with exaggerated features typical of period political satire. One figure is labeled "FARMER," suggesting commentary on radicalism's appeal across classes. The satire warns that such movements threaten American democratic institutions and individual liberty, reflecting late 19th/early 20th-century anxieties about revolutionary ideology.