The Wasp — 1877 — page 122: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains three separate articles with no visible cartoons or illustrations. The content includes: 1. **"Beecher's Visit"** - Commentary on a religious figure's arrival in San Francisco during an earthquake, with satirical discussion of political interference and candidate selection. 2. **"A Defeated Candidate's Experience"** - A dialogue satirizing political corruption, striker subsidies, and election practices. The unnamed candidate describes being pressured to support various causes and corrupt practices to win office. 3. **Travel/tourism pieces** about Yosemite Valley and the Stevens Motor (an early automobile). The political satire targets dishonest campaign tactics, bribery of voters and strikers, and the general corruption of the electoral process. Without identifying specific individuals in the text alone, the content criticizes widespread political malfeasance of the era.