the picture of lincoln is actually done by cogswell who was an artist who steketched lincoln and didpaintings from his sketches during the civil war. abraham lincoln in 1900, 1910, would have been considered a -- as significant as george washington would have been. so you had two significant presidents hanging in our chambers with the reminder that we are connected to the united states. california being so far west and not a lot in between, the idea that we would create the look of the capitol with as close to what the united states capitol looked like, we were the wild west, building this huge building with a dome and columns, very similar in look and style to the united states capitol. that wasn't by mistake. it was the idea we were part of this particular government right now, this is who our identity is. so you see a lot of symbolism in the rooms. in fact the green color of the assembly and the red color of the senate are stemmed from what was being used during the united states capitol at that time in the united states in their house and senate. and it actually has roots that go