The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1921-03-10
WILSON no BE A LAWYER
WITH COLBY A PARTNER

With a brief announcement that he
"will resume the practice of law"
President Wilson gave the first indi-
cation Thursday Of last week Of
what he intends to do in the future.
Wholly unexpected and quite I'M
known to the presidents closest
friends, it was officially announced
at the White House offices the day
before he became a private citizen
that he would enter a partnership
with cambridge Colby, Of New York,
the retirig secretary Of state, and
that the new firm would establish
offices in New York and Washington.
No information of the character
Of practice Wilson & Colby will I'M
dertake was made available and all
questions were met with the reply
that the official announcement con-
tanned all there was to be said. Sec
rotary Colby refused to discuss the
subject at all.
The general assumption in Wash
ington is that Mr.. Wilson and Mr..
Colby will engage largely in the
practice of international law, a field
to which the world war and its after
math promise to contribute largely
during the next so years. Some Of
the presidents friends think that
through his activities in law practice
he may find some way to continue
his work for world peace, but they
do not know Just how he would do so.
MIR. Wilson's stand in life, long
before he thought of college profess
sorships or politics, was in the law.
Graduated from the University of
Virginia, in his native state, in 1881,
he opened a small office and practic-
ed in Atlanta for two years and then
in 1883 practiced in Baltimore while
doing postgraduate work at Johns
Hopkins University. 1t was during
that year that his writings attracted
first attention and that he wrote his
volume on congressional government
He abandoned the law soon after,
however, and began the collegiate
work in which he continued until he
became governor Of New Jersey.
With the announcement that the re-
firing president would take up law
and apply to the Supreme Court Of
the United States for admission to
practice, all official Washington
asked. Us he physically able to do
500"
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
Occasionally. In the absence Of any
definite announcement of how active
Mr.. Wilson proposes to be, those
who know his condition think his
principal activities will be as coun-
sellor.
The wide extent of Mr.. Wilson's
knowledge of inside international af
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 certainly by no
one else in the United States and it
probably is not exceeded in volume
and Importance by any European
pubic man.
Mr.. Colby has never engaged in
any other profession than that Of
law. He began practice in New
York in 1892 and represented many
clients. His first appear
ance in national politics was in 1908
when he was identified with the
to nominate Col. Theodore
Roosevelt for the presidency in the
celebrated contest with President
Taft. Mr.. Colby later became iden-
titled with the Progressive party, but
in 1916 he campaigned for President
Wilson's reelection and later was
to the shipping board. He
became secretary of state when Mr.. |
Wilson dismissed Secretary Lansing
last year.