The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, October 26, 1902, Page 12

THE SUNDAY CALL - 1sadore B. Dockweiler, Democratic Nominee. | 3 is Dockwell- old man, that 4 o'clock Stockton—Speak you know— d to-morrow hat big coll —Busy? We ere’s twen- you know. in some- , hustle right every day, the Democrats have pinned the office of Lieutenant who, if the Demo- this year, the people ve to look to in any that might un- Governor—the crats are suc of Califor n Los ng this dia- e the noise and c headquarters evident from the line of ugh all the demands attention before train time, but he situation with urbanity ast These are two prominent characteristics of Mr. Dockweller—he is a ready listener @nd an egually ready talker. His manner is eager se, jov confident—all at me time and all the time— rticular time and in that nted to get his most by main hour separated him ock train to Stockton. But i got it, it is yours as long hing of importance to And even if you have no sort with him he is the to compel your attention But be is not given to pos- 2s no place whatever abits. He treats everybody and everybody calls him last name. e 4 0'c hen once y¢ time if you want pict- aturedly, when he going to the pho with me and we other on the way. a good watch keep your ute d. I've simply get t 4 o'clock train e business is about as try- a dentist’s chair. My friends ke me Qo0k like an lares that they make At any rate, I hope I don’t look like most pictures I have of myself.” hese will be excellent pictures of you they are retouched and those lines said the clerk at the studio; e full lengths.” are always re look like me,” don't said Mr. as he spread the proofs be- Now, in that one, for in- look like Joseph Jefferson, as a_matter of fact I'm not a bit Those full lengths I don't care J. What a man really wants to e of a man is not a pretty pose, but a 2t will show his face d all into a man’s eyes ou want to look at hi if he has strength and determination; you want to look at his mouth to see if he is generous and jovial; you want to note the pose of his head on see his s to see If he has self-respect and ce—force, backbone or whatever ou want to call it. I like a man whose face shows all these quali- ties.” With this description of Mr. Dockweil- er's ideal before you, you peed look no further for an explanation of why he is himself so popular with all who know him, r do you need the picture of the fam- ¢ group on this page to discover that he is a family man. It is one of the first things you learn in his company, for he's very proud of his wife and children. “There are seven of them,” he said, as he produced a crumpled and much be- thumbed copy of the picture from his pocket, “and you can't realize what a time we had getting that pictyre unless you have children of your own. ' The baby thought it was a jolly lark, atrayed for his special benefit, and wouldn’t sit still, and as each of his brothers and sisters fnsisted on helping to pose him you can magine something of the confusfon. T tell you, that operator 1s a very patient man. “And you want to know what my home is like? Can't you guess? Why, it's the st place in the world, of course. I've always lived in Los Angeles—twenty-five years in one block at First and Hill streets—but after I got married I had to keep moving and moving to meet the exigencies of my family, but at last we have settled for good in a big nine-room bouse at 1341 Bouth Hope street. “Any ground around it?" “Well, you may be sure that a family of five boys and two girls needs plenty of elbow room to work off their enthusi- asm. And what a terrific amount of en- thusiasm they have—every one of them! The eldest, Thomas—he's tén and a half years old—is fond of history. Why, he has read more history of all sorts at his age than I had read when I was twice as old as he is. You know I'm one of the trustees of the Los Angeles Public Li- brary and chairman of the book commit- tee, 50 you can imagine that he makes the most of what privileges he can ac- quire under my wing. “Then there's Henry—he’s 9—and fond principally; and Mary—8 years s fond of music, like her mother, who was the soprano at St. Vincent's Church- when we were married. And then comes Rosarfu—who is 6—no, § years old—and then George—he's 4—no; let me eee—three and a balf, Mrs, Dockweiler K | A\ X 1SADORE. B DOCKWEILER, PHOTO BY THOR. S could tell you their exact ages to a day, but I never could keep track of them. George’s passion is also for music, partic- ularly the ‘Holy City.'! And then comes the baby—-Edward Vincent—14 months old and the of them afl. 2 “And, 3?:'. yes, there is Nestor. Don’t forget him, He is a big St. Bernard dog and not one of the children would think the family group complete without Nes- tor. He's the noisiest animal you ever saw, but I sometimes think he's the quietest of them all. “‘When I am at home—you may be sure T'll be glad when politics is over, for in . the last three weeks I have spoken in twenty-three different counties—when I am at home—by the way, are you watching the time, for if I get started on this subject I'll forget everything else— twenty minutes to 4—better ride down to the ferry with me. As I was saying, when I am at home the greatest feature of every day is the gathering of the fam- ily at night. “The two eldest boys and myself gen- erally read together. I'm deeply interest- ed in educational matters anyway—it's my lfework, you might say, for I've ‘ } been trustee of the San Diego State Nor- mal School since 1898 and a member of the beard of trustees of my alma mater, St. Vincent's College, where I graduated at 19, since 15%, and naturally 1 take par- ticular interest in my boys’ studtes. “Then Mrs, Dockweller pidys the plano and they all line up—every one of them but the baby—and sing -America,’ ‘Ths Star Spangled Banner’ and ‘Marching Through Georgia,” and they sing them with a vim, too. ““After that they line up for their good- night kiss, each in his or her order of —~ ..y rrecedence, the oldest first and so on down to the baby. And then they're off to bed. “It's the same sort of jolly fun every right. Mrs. Dockweiler doesn't like pol- itics, though, becaus away from home it you should happen to go to Los Angeles and see a woman shopping with a baby car- riage and six children trooping around her you will know that it is Mrs. Dock- weiler and the babies, for she wouldn't leave them at home for anything. “And if you should happen to be in the neightorhood of 1341 South Hope and should see a big cloud of dust rolling toward you, you will know that it envei- ops the Dockweiler children and their big police patrol wagon. Everybody knows them.”