The Wasp — 1881 — page 430: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon depicts a Senate office scene where a man is being forcibly ejected down the stairs by two others, while a dignified official observes from above at a desk labeled "SENATE." The caption "FIRED OUT" suggests dismissal or removal from office. The cartoon likely satirizes a contemporary Senate controversy or personnel matter from May 1881. Without clearer identification of the specific figures, the precise political conflict remains unclear—though the imagery suggests conflict over Senate appointments or the removal of an official. The caricatured faces and the violent action of expulsion indicate this was meant as sharp political mockery of institutional drama occurring in San Francisco's or the nation's Senate at that moment.