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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright tells Theodore Roosevelt that the New York State Senate passed General Thomas Henry Barry’s bill on the last day of the session. Wainwright returns Barry’s letter to Roosevelt.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-24
Senator Wainwright received Theodore Roosevelt’s letter and enclosures related to the bill that interests General Thomas Henry Barry. Wainwright will look up the matter and write to Barry as Roosevelt suggested. He remembers serving under Barry in 1904 at the Manassas maneuvers.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-07-17
Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright relays to Theodore Roosevelt his thoughts on Daniel W. Moran’s biased criticism of the Compensation Act. Wainwright compares the Compensation Act to similar legislature at the national level and similar models in England and Germany. Wainwright believes that Moran “and all insurance men like him” seek to offer moderate compensation in all cases without regard to negligence–and act which the workmen will not stand for. Wainwright inquires what Moran wants Roosevelt to do in regards to the matter. While he sends along a copy of the final report dealing with the subject, he laments that there is limited public interest in the subject, as organized labor has not seemed interested in compensation.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-25
Jonathn Mayhew Wainwright is dismayed that his stenographer neglected to return Theodore Roosevelt’s letters from William T. Hornaday and William J. Moran and encloses them in this letter, alongside a copy of a letter sent to state senator Howard R. Bayne. He is pleased to know that Roosevelt is interested in the Bayne-Blauvelt Bill which recently passed in the New York State Senate.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1911-05-26