The Wasp — 1881 — page 334: what you’re looking at

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This page contains three text sections—"An Augury" (a poem), "Political" commentary, and "Society" gossip—with no visible political cartoons. The **Political** section discusses the Harrison Bill's constitutionality and critiques the Democratic party's internal reorganization efforts. It advocates for a new primary system using a County Committee of forty members to select delegates, arguing this prevents "machine" dominance by party bosses. The **Society** section reports on San Francisco's elite social calendar: a fashionable week of dances, chorus concerts, and a notable wedding at the Palace Hotel involving the Caldwell and Haynes families. Both sections reflect 1880s concerns about political reform and document upper-class social life in San Francisco.