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Show GOVERNOR WAS ONCE A WAIF I I Politics aside, tho caso of tho now f governor of Tonnossoo goes to prove that the day of equal opportunity has not entirely passed in this country. Tho now governor signs himself "Benjamin "Ben-jamin W. Hooper," but what his real namo Is, no ono knows. Ho does not know himself, and although now near ly forty years of ago he does not know Ho was found on tho streets ol Kuoxvlllo and committed to tho care of an orphan asylum, whence ho was taken ten yoars later by Captain Hoop-or Hoop-or of Newport, Term., who gave hlra his name and educated him. From orphan asylum to tho oxocutlvo man slon! From namoless waif to governor gover-nor of a sovereign stato! Tho way would seem always open in this country coun-try to thoso who work and strive. It is said that Mr. Hooper, tho lawyer law-yer from tho mountains of Tennessee, was nominated bacause ho hadn't i Governor-elect Hooper. record, and, consequently, few ene mies But although ho was not a figure of commanding proportions In Ton nesseo before bte nomination, Mr. Hooper is not without political experience |