CREATE TABLE table_40853 ("Republican ticket" TEXT, "Democratic ticket" TEXT, "American Labor ticket" TEXT, "Communist ticket" TEXT, "Socialist ticket" TEXT)

Who's the Republican ticket with a Democratic ticket of matthew j. merritt?
SELECT "Republican ticket" FROM table_40853 WHERE "Democratic ticket" = 'matthew j. merritt'
SELECT "Republican ticket" FROM "table_40853" WHERE "Democratic ticket" = 'matthew j. merritt'