Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-03-09
Wilson Will Return to Practice
Of Law.

brief announcement that he "will re-
sumo the practice of law" President
Wilson today gave today the first In
dication of what he intends to do af-
ter leaving the White House. Wholly
unexpected and quite unknown to the
presidents closest friends it was oftl-
cially announced at the White House
Offices that Mr.. Wilson would enter
partnership with cambridge Colby,
the retiring secretary of state OF
New York and Washington. No in
formation of the character of prac-
tice Wilson and Colby will undetake
was available and all questions were
met with the reply that the official an
nouncement contained all there was
to discuss the subject at all.
The general assumption in Wash
ington is that Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Colby will engage largely in the prac-
tice of international law, field to
which the world war and its after
math promises to contribute largely
during the next year. Some of the
presidents friends think in his activi-
tice of international law, a field or
way to continue his work for world
peace but they do not know just how
he would do so.
Started as Lawyer.
Mr.. Wilson's start in life, long be-
fore he thought of college professor
ships or politics was in the law.
Graduated from the University OF
Virginia in his native state in 1881,
he opened a small Office and practiced
in Atlanta for two years and then in
1883 practiced in Baltimore while
doing post graduate work at Johns
Hopkins university. 1t was during
that year his writings first attracted
attention and that he wrote his vol
ume on constitutional government.
He abandoned the law Office soon af-
ter, however, and began the collie
giate work in which he continued un-
til he became governor of New Jer-
sey.
With the announcement that the
retirinc nreside,.t would take up law
and apply to the supreme court of
the United States for admission to
practice, all official Washington ask
ed: "Is he physically able to do it?"
Rear Admiral Grayson, Mr.. Will
sons personal physician, said, his pa
tient could, and that he would be able
to appear in the supreme court occa-
sionally. In the absence of any def
mite announcement of how active Mr..
Wilson proposes to be, those who
know his condition think his principal
activities will be as counsellor.
The announcement was made at
White House in the following state
ment:
President Wilson made the an
nouncement today that at the conclu-
sion of his term of Office, he would
resume the practice of law, forming
partnership with the secretary OF
c+a+a Rainbridpe Colby.
"The firm will have Offices in New
York and Washington"
Surprise in Washington.
Probably no announcement of any
nature has surprised Washington
more during recent months. Mr.. Will
son kept his own counsel concerning
his plans up to the last moment, and
the men who have been most closely
associated with him personally and
privately during the last eight years
said they knew nothing of the presi-
dents plan until this morning.
Much business for international
law firms during the next 5O years
undoubtedly will arise out of the
world war and ita aftermath. Robert
Lansing, former secretary of state, is
at present practicing in the field with
one of his former subordinates;
Frank L. Polk, former under secre-
tary of state, also is at practice, and
former Secretary McAdoo also is
practicing law, although not wholly
in the international field.
The wide extent of Mr.. Wilson's
knowledge of inside international at
fairs during the last eight years can
only be left to the imagination. He
has a personal store of data on the
peace conference and its proceedings
which is possessed by certainly no
one else in the United States, and it