The Wasp — 1894 — page 191: what you’re looking at

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This page is primarily **editorial commentary and text** rather than illustrated satire. The main cartoon ("As Green as They Make 'Em") depicts a police sergeant confronting a disheveled vagrant or drunken character, apparently about a street altercation. The editorial content mocks **California Democratic politicians**, particularly regarding the 1894 campaign. References include Jim Budd's nightshirts, General Coxey (likely Coxey's Army—unemployed protesters), and debates over tariff policy. One passage parodies a Chinese minister saying "Any late news, sir?" followed by grim poetry about conflict with Japan. The satire targets political incompetence and absurdity during a period of economic anxiety and campaign-season posturing.