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"
<s>[INST] Write mssql query to answer the following question given the database schema. Schema: CREATE TABLE table_name_5 (republican_ticket VARCHAR, american_labor_ticket VARCHAR) Question: Which Republican ran against the American Labor candidate Matthew J. Merritt? [/INST] SELECT republican_ticket FROM table_name_5 WHERE american_labor_ticket = "matthew j. merritt" </s>