Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 May 1902 — Senate Confirms Sargent. [ARTICLE]

Senate Confirms Sargent.

Washington dispatch: The senate confirmed the appointment of Frank P. Sargent of Illinois to be commissioner general of immigration. All oposition to Mr. Sargent by the friends of Terence V. Powderly, whom he succeeds, has disappeared. The selection of Mr. Sargent for tnis post was especially satisfactory in the West, where he is best known.