The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1908-02-27
President Roosevelt and Secre.
tary corteIyou Pay Tribute
to Kenosha Man
LONG SERVICE is ENDED
Col. Timme After Years of Official Ser
vice in Washington Is Now On
His Way to Kenosha to Live
a Retired Life.

Col. E. g. Timme who recently resign
ed his office of auditor Of the Post
Office Department Of the United States
is now on his way home from Wash
ington to retire from public life and in
friends have made public some very in
teresting letters in regard to his life
and service for the state and nation.
Oct. 80, 1907.
My Dear Mr.. President:
| hereby tender my resignation as
Auditor for the Post office Department,
to take effect December l, 1907.
In thus severing my official relations,
which have been most pleasant, I thank
you for the courtesy and consideration
which you have always shown me.
Were it not for my desire to retire to
my home and family, after almost
lifetime spent in the service of my
country, I would be very reluctant to
take this step.
Hoping my action will meet with your
approval, | have the honor to be,
Very sincerely yours,
Ernst G. Timme.
70 Theodore Roosevelt,
President Of the United States.
To which the President replied:
Dec. 2, 1907.
The White House, Washington,
My Dear Mr. Timme:
In accepting your resignation as
auditor for the Post Office Department
to take effect upon the qualification Of
your successor, permit me to say how
sorry [ am to have you leave the Fed
eral service. You are the t. pc Of pub
lie man who has served his country well
both in war and in peace. [ am glad
that you should have been connected
with my administration, and regret that
this connection should now cease.
With all good wishes, belive me,
Sincerely yours,
Theodore Roosevelt.
Hon. Ernst G. Timme,
Auditor for the P. 0. Department
Treasury Department.
This act brings to close almost
lifetime of honorable and useful service
to the United States and to the State
of Wisconsin. Col. Timme intends to
devote the remaining years Of his life
to his home and family.
At the outbreak Of the civil war, Mr..
Tmme enlisted in the First Wisconsin
Infantry and participated in several
noted engagements. At. the battle of
Chicamaugua he lost his lett arm which
necessitated his retirement from active
military duty. The citizens of his
town in Kenosha County elected him
Town Clerk and later he was advanced
to and held for sixteen years the posi-
ton of County Clerk Later he was
called upon to serve the State of Wis
consin as Secretary of State for nine
years, and as State Senator for four
years. President Harrison, in the last
year of his administration, rendered to
him and he accepted the office of Fifth
Auditor Of the Treasury. In April,
1897, President Mckinley required his
services as Auditor for State and Other
Departments, which position he held I'M
til the first Of May, 1906, when he was
transferred to the position Of Auditor
for the Post Office Department. He has
succeeded in placing this Bureau, the
largest accounting establishment in the
world, on business basis and his deci-
sion to sever his pleasant official reIa-
tions has brought forth sincere express
sions of regret from the officers of the
Treasury and Post Office Departments
Secretary Cortelyou addressed him as
follows: u.
Nov. 80, 1907.
My Dear Mr.. Timme:
1t was with much regret that | learn
ed Of v0ur dpfnrnin atinn FL rnvnr Nn1lT