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Show CUTLER'S PORTRAIT is TqjETJunn Senate May Decide Against the Proposition, but This Is ftot Probable. HOUSE PASSES THE BILL AND SENDS TO UPPER HOUSE Suggestion Made That the Former For-mer Qovcrnor Pose in His Pugilistic Costume. Governor Spry's picture in oil will not hang iu thc state offices for a while, but. a portrait of John C. Cutler will beam upon the present executivo from thc walls of the governor's office. of-fice. Of course, it will take some time for the artist to place upon canvas thc handsome face and thc beautiful bald head of former Governor Cutler, and when it is done iu oil more time will be required. . In the house ou Wednesday the house joint resolution, providing for a picture pic-ture of the late pugilistic executive, to be done in oil, and to be suspended ou tho wall in tho executive chamber, passed thc house. The senate may kill it, but this is hardby probable. As passed thc joint resolution reads: Bo it resolved by thc house of representatives, repre-sentatives, the senate concurring, that Whereas. It Is the desire and wish of the legislature that suitable portraits of thc governors of this state should bo made and hung In the executive chambers, now be It therefore Resolved. That his excellency, thc governor gov-ernor of this state. Is hereby requested lo procure a suitable oil portrait of former Governor John C. Cutler, to become the property of the state and to bo hung ln the executive chamber: and the sum of one thousand dollars, or so much thereof as may be necessary. Is hereby appropriated appro-priated out of any moneys In the state treasury, not otherwise appropriated, for the purpose of carrying Into effect the provisions of this resolution. Tt is now up to the senate. Possibly Pos-sibly when the measure reaches that bod3' an amendment will be offered that Governor Cutler pose in bis great character of a pugilist. His manly form when stripped to the skin, with a girdlo about his loins, would mako a most beautiful picture, and Spry could look at it daily and exclaim, ''What a beautiful has-been!" . |