The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1921-03-09
PRESIDENT FORM LAW
PARTNERSHIP WITH COLBY
Announcement, WIDELY Unex.
pected, Comes As Great
Surprise

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Wilson formally announced that
he would resume the practice of
law in a partnership with Balm
bridge Colby, the retiring Secretary
of State. The firm will maintain
Offices in New York and Washing
ton.
The announcement was made at
the White House in the following
statement:
president Wilson made the an
nouncement that at the conclusion
of his term of Office he would re-
sumo the practice of law, forming
a partnership with the Secretary of
State, cambridge Colby.
1.-THE firm will have Offices in
New York and Washington"
The Presidents announcement,
wholly unexpected, will recall to the
public mind one of his least known
attainments-that of being lawyer
He was graduated in law from the
University of Virginia in 1881 and
practiced in Atlanta in 1882 and
1883. In the latter year he went
to Baltimore to take up post gradu-
ate work at Johns Hopkins Univer-
sity and practiced some in the local
courts in that city.
Practiscd Brief Time
Mr.. Wilson did not remain long at
the practice of law, however, for in
1885 he began his career as a col
lege professor taking UP the chair
of history and political economy at
Bryn Mawr. From that time on
ward until he left the field OF col
iegiate work and became Governor
of New Jersey, Mr.. Wilson did not
figure in the practice of law.
No announcement was made of |
the character of the practice the |
new firm will take up, but the pre-
sumption is that it will engage |
principally in international law and |
collateral work. The announce
ment that Offices would be main
tanned in New York and Washing
ton was generally taken to mean |
that Mr.. Colby probably would take
charge of affairs at New York and |
that Mr.. Wilson. who will maintain |
his home here, would look after
affairs in Washington.
How actively the retiring Presi-
dent might take part in the firms |
practice within the limitations of
his present physical condition is
open to wide speculation.
When he said good bye to his
obliged to use his cane to get about
from the White House to the execu-
tive offices, and when the newspa-
per men attached TO the White
House asked for a farewell audi
ence, the President declined on the
ground that his voice was too weak.
Friends In Dark
The Presidents friends apparent
ly were as much in the dark as to
his plans as was the public up to
the moment of the announcement,
but they generally supposed that
Mr.. Wilson's connection with the
new firm would be very largely that
of councillor. Whether Mr.. Wilson
intended to the announcement, but
they generally supposed that Mr..
Wilson's connection with the new
firm would be very largely that of
counsellor. Whether Mr.. Wilson
intended to appear in court was not
made clear, although it was stated
at the White House that he would
apply for admission to practive be-
fore the Supreme Court of the Unit
ed States.
Probably no announcement of any
nature has surprised Washington
more during recent months.
Much business for international
law firms during the next so years
undoubtedly will arise out of the
world war and its aftermath. Rob-
ert Lansing. former Secretary of
State, is at practice in the field with
one of his former subordinates;
Frank L. Polk, former Under Sc
cretary of State, also is practicing;
and former Secretary McAdoo also
is practising law, although not
wholly in the international field.
Mr.. Colby has never engaged in
any other profession than that of
law.