Show TO SUCCEED hl KENNA attorney general genoma rort portfolio follo offered to now new jersey governor paterson ra terson N X J dec agov griggs arrived home tonight from washington lie he w was seen soon after he reached his residence but refused to talk about the tha report that he was to be the next atto ney general ile he would not say bay that the onice office has been offered him neither would lie he deny it close friends ot of the Co governor vernor and of 0 vice vicc president hobart mho viere ft ere seen at the hamilton club later espres expressed tied tile hie belief that the cabinet position had been tendered the governor arid and added that lie he KOUI I probably accept it gov john william rn griggs was nine born in neiton na N S J july 10 IM 1819 lie he vaa as graduated from lafayette lafaette college in ill and became a law student in the office of 0 lion iron robert hamilton at in 1871 he removed to paterson Pa torson lie he A va as admitted to the bar that year lie he was naas elected to the assembly in isit 1875 and vaa lien elected reelected re live years later in the latter year the house wits was equally divided and he became the leader on oil tile the republican side which brought him fo torn roiL aid ile he was wa elected state stale senator in wa reelected elected re an and al became president ot of the senate in IM ile he was delegate at large to tile the republican national convention in ISA in 1895 gov wertz ot of new jersey offered mr griggs a place on an the supreme court bench benc h of 0 that state which mr griggs declined to accept next year lie he ins elected governor of 0 new jersey ills his wife was nas miss elizabeth T rice ot of cleveland 0 they have two sons song and four our daughters |