Which Republican ran against the American Labor candidate Matthew J. Merritt?
CREATE TABLE table_name_5 (republican_ticket VARCHAR, american_labor_ticket VARCHAR)
SELECT republican_ticket FROM table_name_5 WHERE american_labor_ticket = "matthew j. merritt"
### Context: CREATE TABLE table_name_5 (republican_ticket VARCHAR, american_labor_ticket VARCHAR) ### Question: Which Republican ran against the American Labor candidate Matthew J. Merritt? ### Answer: SELECT republican_ticket FROM table_name_5 WHERE american_labor_ticket = "matthew j. merritt"