SHERMAN BELL

(Sherman M. Bell)


Popular Quotes

Sherman Bell

To hell with the Constitution! We aren't going by the Constitution. We are following the orders of Governor Peabody.
0  
Citation

In the early 1900's there were major labor disputes between Colorado miners and the mine owners (the Colorado Mining Wars). Colorado Governor James H. Peabody ordered in a thousand troops under the command of Bell. Replying to the charge that his treatment of the miners was unconstitutional:

All Quotes
Sherman Bell
© Morris Friedman (1883–)
Sherman Bell
  • Born:
  • Nationality:
  • Profession:
Biography

Adjutant General Sherman M. Bell was a controversial leader of the Colorado National Guard during the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903-04. While Bell received high praise from Theodore Roosevelt and some others, he was vilified as a tyrant by the leadership and the miners of the Western Federation of Miners (WFM).